Photos: Abudus And Andanis Embark on Unity Walk

Peace beckons in Dagbon as a cross-section of Abudus and Andanis over the weekend embarked on a Unity Walk organized by the Dagbang Malima Zungo (DAMAZ) youth group.

The Unity Walk in Tamale brought together people from both sides of the chieftaincy divide in the Dagbon State.

They held placards with inscriptions such as, “Dagbon needs peace for development,” “Dagbon must rise again,” “The youth are in support of the roadmap to peace,” and “We need Yaa-Naa now.”

Chairman of the group DAMAZ, Alhaji Baako Jagbo in a statement said Dagbon is bigger than any individual’s interest.

He thanked the people of Dagbon for smoking the peace pipe following the Mediation Committee’s final roadmap declaration.

“We are happy that the two factions have decided, with the Otumfuo-led Committee to end the Abudu/Andani fracas. We are happy that generations upon generations would celebrate this epoch as the turning point of Dagbon.

“We are happy that we now have the leverage to go on with our businesses.  We are happy that our fathers have given us hope that the days of guns are completely over.  We are happy that peace and Harmony are a few miles from us with the Roadmap to Peace.” – he said.

Background

The Committee of Eminent Chiefs was set up by former President John Kufuor in 2002 to find a lasting solution to the protracted Dagbon chieftaincy dispute after the murder of the Ya Na.

It was made up of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa I, and the Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga.