02-11-2011
The Kusasi Youth from Bawku have expressed deep resentment over a letter purported to have been written by the Nayiri, Bohugu Mahami Sheriga, notifying and requesting the permission of the Assistant Commissioner of the Ghana Police Service and the Police Administration in Bawku to enable him perform the final funeral rites of one Alhaji Adam Zangbeogo, whose demise occurred 31 years ago. According to them, adherence of the Nayiri request could foment anarchy in Bawku if care is not taken because the Nayiri’s Jurisdiction ends at Nankpanduri whereas the overlord of Kusaug starts from Siisi to Zangoyiri. At a press briefing held in Bawku, the leader of the Kusasi youth, Azuma Alhassan, supported by other high profile personalities stated that the late Chief in question died as a commoner after he was deskinned through the PNDC law 75 in 1983, which restored the Kusaug Kingdom to the late Abugrago Azoka I. He said per the 1992 constitution, the Supreme Court has the judicial authority in dealing with chieftaincy disputes in Ghana, adding that the court in 2003 ruled in favour of the Kusasis after the Mamprusis petitioned it to reverse the Bawku chieftaincy. Power was thus bestowed to the successor of the late Abugrago Azoka I, based on the Supreme Court ruling. Therefore the Nayiri’s letter casts insinuations and undermines the Constitution in respect of the gazetted Bawku Naba, which he said is unacceptable and a blatant disregard to the country’s constitution. Mr. Alhassan also pointed out that paramount chiefs do not perform funerals of divisional or sub-chiefs outside their jurisdiction in any part of the country, let alone asking the security to perform the funeral of a deskinned chief, though he was buried and the funeral performed after his demise. He however called on the security agencies to call the Nayiri to order in order not to generate violent conflict. An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate for the Binduri Constituency, Stephen Atubiga who chaired the briefing, emphasized the need for the security agencies to ensure the continuous prevailing peace in Bawku by going according to the court order. He said Bawku is tired of the conflict and that any issue that is likely to jeopardize the peace efforts in the municipality should not be tolerated. He cautioned the youth of Bawku to remain calm and allow the law to take its course. He also appealed to the Mamprusis to contribute their quota to the peace process in Bawku as the Kusasis are ever ready to partner them in the ongoing peace efforts in the area.
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