The leader of the Kusaug Kingdom is pleading with the people of Kusaug to exercise restraint and permit Mamprusis from Nalerigu, Gambaga, and other places to carry on their trade and freely visit all of the markets in Kusaug.
Bawku Naba Zug-Raan Asigri Abugrago Azoka II is cautioning his people against spreading the more than three decades-old strife there to other tribes’ territory.
He claimed that the killings in Bawku, which affect all ethnic groups, are really worsening the already dire circumstances.
Bawku Naba is pleading with the people of Kusaug to exercise restraint and permit Mamprusis from Nalerigu, Gambaga, and other places to carry on their trade and freely visit all of the markets in Kusaug.
He assures Mamprusis in Kusaug to feel free to pass through to the Sankansi market in northern Togo while requesting tight security in the area.
“I would want to appeal to all Kusaug residents to refrain from spreading the dispute in Bawku to other regions. In a statement released on Monday, August 22, Bawku Naba said, “I want to reassure Mamprusis from Nalerigu, Gambaga, and everywhere that they should feel free to continue doing business and supporting all markets in Kusaug or passing through to Sankansi market in Northern Togo.
He forbade illegal behaviour among his subjects in the Kusaug Traditional Area, such as unwarranted, senseless, and unjustified attacks on innocent bystanders on the roads of this Traditional Area.
He observed that for a considerable period of time, it appeared his recommendations and cautions had been heeded, and the region no longer experienced such attacks.
Bawku Naba emphasized in his speech that it is regretful that similar attacks recently occurred close to the Bawku township on the Bawku-Bolgatanga highway, resulting in the deaths of three people and inspiring retaliatory attacks inside the township.
In order to prevent additional attacks, Bawku Naba is requesting that the security services take up a strategic, sufficient, and visible posture in the area.
In order to dissuade potential perpetrators, he is requesting that security personnel track down and prosecute such criminals.
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The ongoing murders and retaliatory attacks in the Bawku Municipality have angered Bawku Naba Zug-Raan Asigri Abugrago Azoka II.
He asserted that an urgent exchange of views is necessary.
His remarks come in response to the recent shooting deaths of three people at Bawku by unidentified attackers.
The three were travelling from Bolgatanga to Bawku in a commercial truck when they were allegedly shot dead outside the entrance to Bawku Senior High School.
The incident took place on August 16th, a Tuesday.
“What we urgently need in Bawku right now is a mutual dialogue aimed at teaching everyone to understand and accept the status quo and to find long-term solutions to the situation in Bawku which will enable us to live in peace together in a society in which violence is not an option,” the statement reads.
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