Asantehene Intervenes In Bawku Conflict

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has invited the feuding factions in the Bawku conflict to resolve the recurring dispute.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II made this known when the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, paid a courtesy call on him at the Manhyia Palace.

Addressing the minister and his entourage, the Asantehene said, “I have so far started engaging all the feuding factions in relation to the Bawku conflict. I have also been listening to all the parties as part of the process to get the matter resolved. I’ve also been speaking to key stakeholders involved, and they have furnished me with the necessary documentation”.

“So once we keep interrogating all parties involved, we will be able to bring finality to the issue. I’ve asked all of them to approach this issue with the highest form of honesty to help us resolve the issue and that they should stop using weapons. I’ll invite you [Chieftaincy Minister] during the next meeting with them.”

The Bawku conflict, which has been in existence even before independence, has claimed a number of lives and retarded development in the affected areas in the Upper East Region.

Responding to the action of the Asantehene to intervene, the minister said he was very glad he had taken a keen interest in finding peace.

“As a government, we are happy that Otumfuo has taken over the conflict in Bawku, and the president has given the green light, and I have also been supportive. Some of the meetings he calls, we leave it to him because he has the wisdom and the knowledge and understanding and capacity to bring the warring faction together.”