TAMALE, October 07 -- The Northern Regional capital, Tamale was thrown agog when thousands of people poured into the streets of the municipality to welcome former President Jerry John Rawlings. The massing up of the people to welcome him, prompted the district security council to remind them that the state of emergency imposed on the town following the events in Yendi is still in force.
Jerry Rawlings had, on Saturday, stopped over on his way to Walewale for the funeral service of the late Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, a former Chairman of the Council of State and paramount chief of Kpariga division of the Mamprugu traditional area.
His main mission in Tamale was to formally sympathise with the wives and family of the Ya Na Yakubu Andani II, late King of the Dagbon area. The Ya Na and at least 30 others from Andani clan were assassinated in March, this year following three days of clashes with a rival clan, the Abudus. Former President Rawlings appealed to both the Andanis and the Abudus in the Dagbon chieftaincy divide to come together to resolve their differences through dialogue.
“Let us not compound the painful situation that we already face by trying to cause further mayhem. Let's find a way of resolving this problem without any further bloodshed or any further antagonism”, he urged the people adding “I do not think the killing of the Ya-Na was the desire of the mainstream Abudus. The dastardly act was carried out by quite a few dubious minded people.”
Former President Rawlings said a peaceful co-existence would necessarily make the government lift the state of emergency in the Dagbon area to enable the people go back to their socio-economic activities to improve their lot. He expressed his condolences to the chiefs and people of Dagbon and the widows of the late Ya-Na. He had a hectic time making his way to the chief's court to exchange greetings with the chiefs and elders who had assembled there almost the whole day.
In response, Mr Abu Sufiyan who deputised for the regent, Alhaji Ziblim Abdulai thanked the former President for his concern and appealed to the government to ensure that the perpetrators behind the murder of the Ya-Na face the full rigours of the law.
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