The King of Mamprugu, Na Bohaga Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, has called on the government to take decisive and immediate measures to end all forms of armed violence and protect his people in the Bawku Traditional Area of the Upper East region.
The Nayiri has expressed concern over reports of violence targeting members of the state security services and banditry along the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Poulimakom highways.
At a well-attended press conference in Nalerigu, the Mamprugu overlord urged the government to "intensify national efforts to restore Bawku to its rightful state as a hub of commerce and harmony" and also to confront the destabilising activities of bandits along the international corridor.
The Nayiri's statement came in the wake of renewed and relentless tension and violence between angry Kusasi youth and personnel of the Ghana Police Service in the Bawku traditional area.
