Henry Nana Boakye, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has fired shots at President John Dramani Mahama over the escalating Bawku conflict.
According to Henry Nana Boakye, John Mahama engaged in reckless politics by claiming anytime that NDC is in power, there is calmness in Bawku.
He also asserted that the president during the 2024 election campaign threw his weight behind a particular faction as the leader there because he thought it was going to help him politically.
Speaking on CITI FM, Henry Nana Boakye stated, “The Bawku issue is getting out of hand and shockingly you have a whole IGP who goes in there and it looks like he was even shocked for his life. We’ve had two police shot dead. There are some reports that what the police put out is not the accurate report”.
“These were clear attacks on the police people but then the police is also blaming it on armed robbery. It looks like the Bawku issue is really getting out of hand,” he added.
He further added, “Indeed the sitting president now did a whole lot of reckless politics with it where he said that anytime that NDC is in power there is calmness, there is peace in Bawku. Today look at what you’ve caused. You went in there and threw your weight behind a particular faction as the leader there because you thought it was going to help you politically. Today you’ve soiled your hands in these matters because you’ve already taken sides”.
“So his excellency the president has caused us a lot of harm especially regarding this Bawku matters,” Nana B concluded.
There has been an escalation of violence following the resurgence of a long-standing chieftaincy conflict, sparked by the return of rival chief Alhaji Seidu Abagre from exile.
Abagre fled Bawku after an arrest warrant was issued against him following his contested installation as chief in Nalerigu, a High Court ruling in Kumasi on October 17, 2024, nullified the warrant, allowing him to resurface.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Administration has revealed that Police Officers and their families are being targeted for possible assassination in the Bawku conflict.
According to the police administration officers stationed at the Bawku, Pusiga, and Binduri areas are being targeted following the dastardly killing of two officers near Binduri in the Upper East Region by unknown assailants last Sunday.
This has led to the police administration immediately, banning the movement of police personnel and their families in these areas.
Additionally, the Manhyia Palace has announced that Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will resume mediation efforts to address the Bawku conflict from April 28 to May 1, 2025, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
