A group in the Japekrom Traditional Area of the Brong Ahafo Region is demanding the resignation of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Jaman South, Alhaji Abuu following the clash on October 17 that left three dead.
The group, known as the Mpuasuman Alliance, said Alhaji Abuu was taking sides in the feud between Japekrom and Drobo.
The feud turned violent during the Munufie Festival when a section of the community came under fire from unseen assailants leading to the death of three persons, who have since been buried.
At a press conference on Tuesday, spokesperson for the Mpuasuman Alliance, Dr. Anthony Arko Adjei didn’t mince words saying the MCE was also to blame.
The MCE is complicated in the murder of his 42-year-old Muslim brother, Nana Attah Sina (Mmerantehene o Japekrom), the blood of a 15-year-old Gold Track SHS student, and the blood of a one-year-old baby.
He said the police, who could have prevented the shooting, were suddenly withdrawn on the orders of the MCE for a meeting.
“We believe the Municipal Chief Executive of the Jaman South Municipality, Hon. Alhaji Abuu is complicit in the brutal shooting incident. The Police who have been protecting the procession since it began were, all of a sudden, withdrawn by the MCE for a meeting. Suffice to say the shooting happened within five minutes of the withdrawal of the police force.”
Among other questions the consider incriminating, the group asked why the MCE called for a meeting with the police at the critical moment in the festivities “exposing the over 1000 unarmed men, women, young and old to the assailants?”
The group claims the turn of events has made the MCE’s position untenable.
“Ladies and gentlemen, by his own account and actions and the account of numerous reporters who were covering the historical walk, Alhaji Abuu, the Municipal Chief Executive Officer of Jaman South is directly complicit in the orchestrated barbaric attack on innocent men, women and children and has no credibility to continue in office as MCE of the Jaman South Municipality.”
“Consequently, we ask the MCE, Alhaji Abuu to resign honourably or be sacked by His Excellency, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana,” the group added.
The group’s full statement can be viewed here.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa | citinewsroom.com | Ghana
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