Story: Vincent Adedze, Tamale
A group calling itself the Mamprusi Youth of Tamale has called on the government to carry out an independent enquiry into the Bawku conflict to ensure that justice and peace are restored.
The group also expressed its displeasure at the manner in which the crisis had been handled so far, stressing that “we are tired of these senseless killing of our people and we have lost confidence in the ability of the two political leaders to play an impartial role in resolving the conflict”.
A spokesperson for the group, Mr Beiko Osman Imoro, made the call at a press conference in Tamale on the recent disturbances at Bawku.
Violence broke out between the Kusasis and Mamprusis at Sabon Gari in December last year and claimed a number of lives.
The spokesperson recounted a number of incidents that resulted in the death of two persons and wondered why the government and the security agencies had failed to unravel the mystery behind the killings.
“To the security agencies, we say we are disappointed in the seeming lack of professionalism on their part and we can only hope that the military command will also investigate the imposition of curfew and the beefing up of security at Bawku and its surroundings to prevent the conflict from escalating.
“We call on the President to caution his representatives to desist from that unholy alliance with the security agencies, since it erodes the gains that have been made to end the conflict,” the spokesperson stated.
He dismissed as untrue allegations by some Kusasi youth that Mamprusis “attacked them” and stressed the need for the government and Parliament to institute an independent enquiry into the conflict to arrest and prosecute those behind the killings and the violence.
“It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied and we do not want to believe that the inability of the government to find and punish the perpetrators is meant to deny our slain brothers justice,” he added.
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