The Government has condemned developments in Nalerigu concerning the purported enskinment of a new Bawku Naba.
In a statement dated February 15, 2023, the Minister of information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the purported enskinment is illegal and a threat to national security.
“Government further re-iterates that Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II is the Bawku Naba, duly gazetted and a member of the National and Upper East Regional Houses of Chiefs, the State added.
The government says it has deployed security agencies to arrest and prosecute any other person who holds himself out as a Bawku Naba.
“Further, any developments that have the potential to undermine the peace of Bawku will also be dealt with swiftly and in accordance with law”, it statement said.
