The Chairman of the Kusaung Heritage Defenders, Ahmed Isshaq Ndebuari, has issued a fierce and emotional appeal to President John Mahama’s administration, demanding immediate and decisive intervention in the escalating violence in Bawku.
He says mere condemnation is no longer enough, warning that the patience of the Kusasi people is being severely tested by what he describes as the government’s “silence and inaction.”
Speaking exclusively to ABC News Ghana, Mr. Ndebuari declared, “Bawku, as of this afternoon, is calm, but we the Kusasis are very angry at what the government, through the military, is doing to us.”
According to him, security personnel deployed to the area have become aggressors rather than peacekeepers.
“Three days ago, they attacked buses along the Bolga-Walewale highway, killing Kusasis. A 14-year-old boy and even a Burkinabé national were among the dead,” he narrated with deep frustration.
He further confirmed that tensions boiled over after a Kusasi convoy reportedly shot at a Mamprusi convoy being escorted by military officers, leading to casualties among both civilians and soldiers.
“Although I condemn any unlawful attack, the pain and helplessness of our people must be acknowledged. Instead of acting with restraint, the military went on a rampage—beating, killing, and even pulling down the statue of the Bawku Overlord. That’s unacceptable!”
Mr. Ndebuari stressed. He called on the Ministers of Defence and Interior and President Mahama himself to fulfill their campaign promises of peace, stating: “This must be the last time any military officer raises a finger—let alone a gun—on a Kusasi. Government must move beyond condemnation and act with urgency.”
