The Managing Editor of the Al Hajj newspaper Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has cautioned the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to relent in their effort in ensuring that the killers of Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II are brought to book.
According to him, providing the people with good roads, water, electricity, schools, hospital without justice can cause the NDC defeat adding that “developmental projects cannot guarantee you sustenance of power; what people are looking out for is to see that there is justice”.
A ruling by a Fast Track High Court presided over by Justice E.K. Ayebi which freed 15 people the state accused of conspiring to murder the Ya-Na provoked the Andani family who expressed disappointment with government for failing to find the killers of the late Overlord of Dagbon.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Thursday, Alhaji Bature said if the government fails to respond to the incessant calls by the Andani family and bring the perpetrators of that crime to book, the issue could transform into a wider conflict.
He explained that, if one side of the feuding factions decides to take the law into their own hands because they did not get justice, the likelihood of Ghana becoming another Kenya or Ivory Coast is possible.
“It is not only vote rigging that brings civil strife; these issues can transform itself into a wider conflict so we need to be circumspect about it.”
The NDC sympathizer observed that, these unfortunate situations have taken the shine out of the tremendous impact the Mills administration has made on the country’s economy.
He blamed the situation on the Chief of Staff and the National Security Coordinator who have failed to keep the President updated on national and security issues especially in the Northern region.
Alhaji Bature however found it regrettable that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) are rejoicing over the ruling of the Ya-Na trial because even though the incident happened during the regime, they refused to bring the culprits to book.
“The blood of Ya-Na is on the hands of the NPP whether they like it or not; whether court rules or over rules; that blood of that Overload will continue to remain on their hands” he said.
Meanwhile, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, a panelist on the programme said the government’s decision to appeal against the Ya-Na ruling after the Accra High Court acquitted and discharged fourteen persons on trial for conspiracy to murder the late Dagbon Overlord is just to buy time.
The NPP MP added that he expected ex-president Rawlings to be a prosecution witness in the trial because according to him, he had a tape which would incriminate the alleged killers of the late Ya-Na in a court but it just turned out to be a hoax.
The Asokwa MP called on ex-president Rawlings and the government to render an unqualified apology to the people of Dagbon for the deceit.
Story by: Adwoa Gyasiwaa/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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