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JJ Rawlings addressing Andanis and NDC supporters in Tamale on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Seething with anger over the ruling that freed 15 accused persons over their alleged complicity in the murder of Ya Na Yakubu Andani II, ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has promised to wrest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from persons seeking to hijack the party he founded.<\/p>\n

He said there was hope on the horizon to clean up the party and the government and \u201cbring in bold people who will do what must be done\u201d.<\/p>\n

President Rawlings said: \u201cSome of us have not changed and justice will be done and it is pretty much on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have to clean up our own situation within the party and within the government if we want to survive for 2012, unless we don\u2019t want to and we want to destroy ourselves. But no, we will not allow it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Rawlings poured out his heart when he called on the Regent of Gukpegu in Tamale and other chiefs in the metropolis, and interacted with the Andani Gate youth over the abrasive chieftaincy challenge creating security nightmares for residents of the regional capital and beyond.<\/p>\n

Some elements in government, he lamented, were scheming to take away the party he founded on the principles of the June 4 insurgency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pretty sad that some unscrupulous elements in government today are scheming to hijack the party I founded out of the June 4 uprising,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He was quick to caution the unnamed NDC persons and served notice: \u201cLet me assure them that we are on course to bringing the NDC back to its proper footing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe an opportunity is on the horizon for us to cleanse ourselves and to do justice\u2026not just social justice to do with these killings, but some of the economic malfeasance that took place, that brought about a lot of suffering, as a result of which people are still suffering.<\/p>\n

I feel pretty sad. Very sad that people who are trying to hijack this party are taking it astray, but I have every hope that we will bring it back on course,\u201d the former President said.<\/p>\n

For the second time since the ruling that freed the 15 persons, he lashed at the government for the turn of events in the Accra Fast Track High Court, adding that had his admonitions for fresh investigations been undertaken before turning to the courts, this would not have happened.<\/p>\n

Firing at President Mills and his government for the umpteenth time, he charged them for exhibiting incompetence in managing the trial which he said provoked the angry youth of Tamale into engaging in acts of arson and destruction last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The NDC under the incumbent political administration, he observed, had deviated from its principles of probity and accountability, adding that the trend gave him cause for worry, especially since it was reducing the confidence of the people in the political grouping in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a serious indictment on the current NDC administration\u2019s failure to ensure that justice is done to the late Ya Na Yakubu Andani and the Issah Mobila cases, which were captured in our party\u2019s 2008 manifesto,\u201d he charged.<\/p>\n

He said he had credible evidence about the murder.<\/p>\n

He demanded fresh investigations into the murder but warned that this would yield nothing if it failed to fall within the precinct of facts in his bosom on the matter.<\/p>\n

He however failed to present what he had in his pocket.<\/p>\n

Turning his attention to the destruction of NDC property in Tamale following the ruling, he said it came too late, suggesting that it should have come earlier.<\/p>\n

This way, he said, enough pressure would have been exerted on President Mills and his team to live beyond reproach, regarding the handling of the Dagbon court case in consonance with the party manifesto.<\/p>\n

The party, he said, faces defeat should President Mills fail to address the murder of the late Ya Na Yakubu Andani II.<\/p>\n

On the same vein, he noted that the NPP suffered defeat in 2008 because it failed to do justice to the murder of the late Ya Na, adding, \u201cWe will vote the NDC out of power in 2012 if it reneges on its campaign promise of ensuring justice in the murder of our late King of Dagbon.\u201d<\/p>\n

He however pleaded with both the Abudus and Andanis to reconcile and forge ahead in unity.<\/p>\n

But a representative of the Gukpegu Regent, Savelugu Gbanglana Kpema Mahamadu, gave government up to Monday April 4 to do something about the court ruling or suffer a major electoral defeat in 2012.<\/p>\n

Many continue to wonder why the ex-president did not make available to the courts, the evidence he claimed to have about the murder of the Dagbon King and others which occurred on March 27, 2002.<\/p>\n

Lie Detector<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his meeting with some party persons at the Jubilee Stadium in Tamale yesterday, he challenged former President Kufuor to a lie detector test that he did not intend rigging the 2008 election.<\/p>\n

His special aide, Kofi Adams, however stated that the state should fall on whoever it pleases for information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Rawlings) has indicated that the investigations that were done after the incident- Wuaku Commission investigation- was a sham and he feels strongly that they should have done fresh investigations,\u201d Kofi Adams said.<\/p>\n

He however stated that he was not aware about any investigation or any intention by the Police to invite Mr. Rawlings on the Ya Na murder.<\/p>\n

In a related development, the Dakpema of Tamale, Naa Alhassan Dawuni, has appealed to the security agencies not to abuse their roles by molesting innocent citizens of Tamale.<\/p>\n

Naa Dawuni said people were being beaten even when they were going to the mosque, describing it as a worrying development.<\/p>\n

The Chief of Tamale was speaking during a courtesy call by Mr Rawlings on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He said his people had to go to the mosque at 5.00am and he expected that the security agencies would apply discretion in this regard. But rather than just prevent them from moving at that time of the day, if they preferred to apply the 11pm to 5am curfew stringently, they had decided to apply violence on persons who desired to worship God at the given time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no solace from no one but Allah, but even going to the mosque means people can get beaten. I am appealing to the security agencies to be considerate in their actions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect the government to move whatever it takes even if it involves inviting international investigators to come and support and ensure that the truth is unveiled. We very much welcome it and expect that that should be carried through.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have at least demonstrated to the government that we need attention; we need justice, that is enough. But if at the end of the day justice is not delivered then the NDC government should not be surprised if we turn our backs on them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, information available to DAILY GUIDE indicates that yesterday, angry Andani youth in Dagbon were organizing to hold a mammoth demonstration in Accra, today Monday April 4, 2011.<\/p>\n

The intended demonstration is to increase pressure on government to overturn the Fast Track High Court ruling on the Yaa-Na murder case which it lost last week.
About 15 bus loads of people left Tamale for the intended demonstration.<\/p>\n

Before their departure, Mohammed Sulemana, secretary to a group called the \u2018Northern Youth for Justice\u2019 told Citi News those on the trip were close to 3,000 in number.<\/p>\n

He said they were going to join their brothers from Ashaiman, Agbogbloshie and other parts of Ghana to hit the streets of Accra in protest against the court ruling which generated tension in the Dagbon State.<\/p>\n

From Stephen Zoure, Tamale<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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