The Bawku Naba, Zugraana Naba Asigri Abugurago Azoka II, has lamented the absence of peace in Bawku.
He noted that for over two years now, peace has eluded our once peaceful and vibrant town with obvious consequences.
The Bawku Naba said these while interacting with former President John Dramani Mahama when the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) paid a visit to him on Saturday February 3.
“Your Excellency, as we welcome you warmly to Kusaug, we have no doubt that you are aware of the unfortunate and needless conflict in Bawku that led to the loss of several of lives and property. For over two years now, peace has eluded our once peaceful and vibrant town with obvious consequences.
“We continue to look up to God, our ancestors, the government, and other important stakeholders to play their roles to restore peace to Bawku. We know that the truth will prevail,” he said.
Mr Mahama assured the people that peace would be restored if he won the elections.
He recounted that Bawku was peaceful at the time that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was in power because adequate security measures were put in place.
He said “It is unfortunate that this has reared its ugly head again. The time we were in office we had virtually calmed things, Bawku was a thriving community again, and people were going about their business without fear of being harmed.
Unfortunately, now you cannot roam freely in Bawku. Just recently I was reading that they had put a ban on motorcycles again in the evening and generally, it is a period of insecurity for the people living in that area. In the night buses are fired upon and people are killed.
“These are things that we are going to make a priority when we come into office, we have done it before, we will do it again, and we will work hard to resolve the Bawku crisis and bring peace back to Bawku and surrounding areas.”
He added “The second aspect of the insecurity is the armed robbery. Armed robbery has become a major problem here and it is affecting the economy of the Upper East region. You go to market, and you are coming back and armed robbers set on you, they rob the people. We are going to mount a very strong fight against armed robbery, because you cannot have economic progress in an environment of insecurity and so it is imperative that we make sure our region is safe and secure so people will go about their business without fear of being harmed or killed.”
Recently, unknown gunmen fired into a group of people at the community center in Bawku on Wednesday, January 17, resulting in the death of two persons, while four others were injured.
The lawmaker for the area Mahama Ayariga described the situation as dastardly and unacceptable.
Source: 3News
