News:
November 14, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Adenta Kojo Adu- Asare has called for a bi- partisan approach to fishing out the killers of the Over Lord of Dagbon Ya –Na Yakubu Andani, to ensure lasting peace in Dagbon.
According to him, it should not be the responsibility of only the NDC government to look for perpetrators of the heinous act, but that successive governments must ensure justice is done the people of Dagbon in the event that the NDC government is unable to do so before exiting power.
The MP’s statement comes on the heels of the brouhaha that has been generated following a press conference by the Andani Youth last week during which they criticized government for failing to honor its promise of arresting and prosecuting the killers of the Ya- Na, which was the NDC party’s campaign promise.
The youth had vowed to withdraw their support for the NDC come the 2012 general election if it failed to find and prosecute the killers of the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Na Yakubu Andani.
They also issued a month’s ultimatum to government to find the suspected murderers since it was the major trump card it used in winning their support in the 2008 elections.
The group warned government officials to stay clear off the North if the killers of the late overlord were not found and dealt with within the stipulated time, observing that they had been toyed with for a very long time.
However contributing to a discussion on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo show on Monday, 14th Nov. 2011, the MP for Adenta Kojo Adu-Asare stated that Ghana as a country will make itself a lot of good if the issues surrounding the death of the Ya-Na is depoliticized.
He expressed confidence in the capacity of the Police Service and other allied investigative bodies of the state to unravel the people behind the death of the Ya-Na as the police has demonstrated that capacity in the past.
“We are all witnesses to what the police did, when two of its junior officers were murdered in cold blood at Ablakuma in Accra and buried under rubbles of stones, the police did a thorough investigation and were able to establish the exact place where their bodies were laid and was subsequently exhumed’’ he said.
Hon. Adu-Asare stated that the NDC government will do everything within its power to ensure the killers of the Ya- Na are found.
Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh