Torgbe Sri III
President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged Torgbe Sri III, the Awomefia of Anlo
State, to mediate in the Bimbilla chieftaincy crisis so that lasting peace can
be restored in that restive part of the Northern Region.
“I
am proposing that Torgbe Sri III, the Awomefia of Anlo State, should try to
bring the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute to a final conclusion so that we have
peace and security and understanding amongst the people of Bimbilla,” he said
during a durbar of chiefs held in his honour by the chief of Bimbilla when the
President arrived at Nanumba last weekend.
The
President urged all stakeholders to give the chief their support to
successfully perform the mediation so that the Dagbon success story could be
replicated there.
It
would be recalled that the Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the Northern
Regional House of Chiefs and the National House of Chiefs that declared Naa Andani
II as the legitimate chief of the Bimbilla area.
The
family of the late Nakpa Naa Salifu Dawuni in Bimbilla, however, contested the
ruling by the Supreme Court.
The five-member panel of the apex court unanimously held that the Naa Andani’s lineage to the Bimbilla Skin was the legitimate occupant, which gave finality to the 14-year-old dispute as to who was the rightful heir to Bimbilla Skin.
FROM Eric Kombat, Bimbilla
