The Northern Regional executives of the party issued an ultimatum to the government to find the killers in two weeks or they will resign en masse shortly after an Accra Fast Track High Court on Tuesday had acquitted and discharged 15 persons charged with the murder of the late king.
The court’s ruling set Tamale on fire as the youth burnt tires and blocked roads, chanting, swearing, and demanding justice arguing the ruling was a travesty of justice.
The youth claims government has reneged on its promise to find the killers of Ya-Na, insisting the Mills-led administration must redeem itself, or the president should not step foot in Tamale.
Members of Parliament from Dagbon state in the Northern Region have also blasted the judgment, describing it as jaundiced.
However, Koku Anyidoho says government is very committed to its promise of bringing perpetrators of the heinous crime to book.
He was speaking on the Big Bite show on Xfm 95.1. The court’s ruling, according to him is not the end of the matter as the government is going to study the ruling and would take appropriate action soon. However, he says the court’s decision should be respected.
“The court has spoken; the decision is being respected. Of course, that does not mean that, that is the end of it… It is precisely because the government was looking into the matter that is why we have this ruling. So it means that government is indeed committed to go into the matter”.
“But of course, the ruling does not bring the matter to an end. There are other avenues that would be explored; so the President is committed to finding the killers of Ya-Na and bringing justice to the people of Dagbon. This is not the end of the journey.”
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