The National and Northern Regional Peace Councils, on Friday, appealed to the feuding people of Bimbilla to uphold the peace processes and take faith in the dialogue process initiated by the Council and its partners.
A statement issued by the National Peace Council, and signed by the Chairman, the Most Reverend Prof Emmanuel Asante, advised them not to engage in any activity that would jeopardise the peace process.
Settling on the legitimate chief for Bimbilla has been a source of violent clashes since 2000 between two royal families - Bang-Yili and Gbugma-Yili Royal gates.
The Chief of Naa Salifu Dawuni, a claimant to the skin was killed before a Court of Appeal could rule of the rightful Bimbilla overlord. SInce 2014, the chief has not been buried.
The burial of Nakpaa Naa Salifu Dawuni last Wednesday raised fears the two factions could clash. But they did not.
The Council commended the chiefs and people of the town for conducting themselves peacefully throughout the burial of Naa Salifu Dawuni.
“We are grateful for the tremendous cooperation of all stakeholders for keeping the peace and ensuring that no major security breach was recorded throughout the process of burial,” Prof Asante said.
“We are also grateful to the National House of chiefs, the Northern Regional House of Chiefs and the Bimbilla Traditional Council, the media and security agencies for their professional conduct,” he added, in the statement copied to the Ghana News Agency.
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