A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, , has expressed grave concern about the ongoing chieftaincy conflict at Bawku in the Upper East Region spreading to other parts of the North East Region, and other parts of the country.
According to Amidu, first-hand information he has from persons still at Bawku, which he says has become a ghost town, indicates that the conflict in the town has intensified, with people being killed virtually every day.
He said that Bawku has become a war zone with the two factions in the conflict engaging in shootouts in broad daylight for several hours.
He went on to give an account of an intense fight between the two factions on November 12, 2024, which lasted for nearly a day.