Government has condemned purported enskinment of a new Bawku Naba in Nalerigu on Wednesday February 15, 2023, as illegal and a threat to National Security.
The enskinment, according to Government is illegal and a security threat to national threat.
It noted 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 Mamprusi faction of the protracted Bawku conflict was at the palace of the overlord of Mamprugu, Naa Bohugu Mahama Abdulai Sherigah II for the enskinment of new Bawku Naba despite the recognition of Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II by the government and the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs as the legitimate ruler of the area.
Government indicates the Security agencies have been directed to arrest and prosecute any other person who holds himself out as a Bawku Naba.
And warned any developments that have the potential to undermine the peace of Bawku will also be dealt with swiftly and in accordance with law.