Soldiers were deployed to Nalerigu to capture a Bawku Naba who was said to have skinned and the Lord of Mamprugu is said to have retreated after a clash with the youths.
According to myjoyonline.com, the confrontation between armed military officers and angry youths occurred at midnight on Sunday.
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A high court in Bolgatanga has issued arrest warrants for two traditional leaders in connection with the involvement of a new leader on Wednesday, February 15.
Soldier deployed to block ‘illegal Bawku leader’ retreat route after clash with youth
The government has condemned the shelling, calling it illegal and a threat to national security.
“The Government condemns developments in Nalerigu today February 15, 2023, concerning the purported enskinment of a new Bawku Naba as illegal and a threat to National Security,” a statement released by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said.
The statement went even further, ordering security services to arrest and prosecute anyone else who identified himself as Bawku Naba.
“Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II is the Bawku Naba, duly gazetted and a member of the National and Upper East Regional Houses of Chiefs,” the government stressed.
JoyNews reporter Eliasu Tanko reports that the military forces were unable to enforce court orders and government directives on Sunday night. They are greeted by the city’s angry youths, who resist the arrest of their traditional leaders.
“The youth had taken over the palaces of the two chiefs, leading to a standoff and subsequent retreat by the soldiers,” myjoyonline.com reports.
Angry youths destroyed the regional police station and the offices of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Decades of conflict between the chieftains in Bawku have deprived Upper East Ghana of peace and development.
