The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has blamed President John Dramani Mahama for worsening the ongoing conflict in Bawku, accusing him of engaging in what he called “reckless politics.”
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Wednesday, April 16, Nana B expressed deep concern over the deteriorating security situation in Bawku.
He referenced the recent killing of two police officers and raised doubts about the Ghana Police Service’s explanation of the incident.
“The Bawku issue is getting out of hand and shockingly you have a whole IGP who goes in there and it looks like he was even shocked for his life. We’ve had two police shot dead. There are some reports that what the police put out is not the accurate report,” he said.
Nana B insisted the attacks were targeted assaults on the police and not mere cases of armed robbery as claimed by authorities.
“These were clear attacks on the police people but then the police is also blaming it on armed robbery. It looks like the Bawku issue is really getting out of hand,” he added.
He went further to accuse President Mahama of politicising the conflict by aligning himself with a specific faction in Bawku for electoral advantage.
“Indeed the sitting president now did a whole lot of reckless politics with it where he said that anytime that NDC is in power there is calmness, there is peace in Bawku. Today look at what you’ve caused. You went in there and threw your weight behind a particular faction as the leader there because you thought it was going to help you politically. Today you’ve soiled your hands in these matters because you’ve already taken sides,” Nana B claimed.
He also highlighted that the current administration is now relying on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to help mediate the conflict—an indication, he said, of the extent of damage caused by Mahama’s alleged actions.
“So his excellency the president has caused us a lot of harm especially regarding this Bawku matters,” Nana B concluded.
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