Justice Abeeku Newton-Offei, a former presidential staffer of ex-President Akufo-Addo, has asserted that since the inception of the current NDC administration, the Bawku conflict has intensified.
Justice Abeeku made this comment in a post shared on his Facebook page on 16th February, 2025.
He find it strange that, the news isn’t making the headlines, and the likes of Adib Saani, Richard Kumadoe, Adam Bonaa, Kwesi Enin, Festus Aboagye and David Bombardier, or is it Bombande, are all dead-silent.
“But, had this been under the erstwhile NPP administration, this empty talkative bunch masquerading as security Czars, would’ve, , been shouting themselves hoarse to the point of risking scrotal hernia, accusing government of conscious incompetence and tacit complicity.
And to you my brothers and sisters of Bawku: is this issue impossible to resolve amongst yourselves? Does it have to take this protracted killings and maiming with it’s resultant suffering, economic deprivation, and crashing poverty? What’s the impossibility of sitting as one people, talk, and silence the guns?” Justice Abeeku added.
Justice Abeeku concluded that he follow the arguments being advanced by either side of the conflict. He said he get the sense of what’s unfolding between the Israelis and people of Palestine; claims of entitlement to lands, and uncompromisingly belligerent stance taken by each side. But can’t the People of Bawku find a common-ground for the sake of peace?
Background
The comments of Justice Abeeku Newton-Offei come in the wake of news of the Bawku conflict escalating. It was reported that four people, including a child, were burned to death after gunmen attacked a commercial bus on the Walewale-Tamale highway.
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Justice A. Newton-Offei – Facebook page