Executive Director of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has called on the Christian community to play an active role in ending the long-standing conflict in Bawku.

This follows a recent resurgence of the conflict, which has claimed the lives of some two police officers and affected healthcare delivery in the area.

Speaking on JoyNews AM Show on Monday, April 21, Dr. Opuni-Frimpong described the continued violence as a national shame and called on the religious groups to help silence the guns since people of Bawku are not outsiders, but fellow Ghanaians with whom the rest of the country shares a common heritage and humanity.

He appealed directly to churches and religious leaders across the country, particularly those in the south, to rise above ethnic divisions and stand in solidarity with the people of Bawku.

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“The real issue is that the people of Bawku are part of us; they are Ghanaians. We share common blood. And what is happening is a shame—the deaths and all they have witnessed.

“Let’s leave the Kusasi, Mamprusi thing. Let’s see them as people who deserve our love. I expect the churches to move, even from the south—pastors, bishops must go to Bawku,” Dr. Opuni-Frimpong urged.

He praised the efforts of the Asantehene, who has been involved in peace-building, and suggested that religious leaders join in such efforts, including organising peaceful marches in Bawku to demonstrate unity and a collective desire for peace.

“We’ve reached a point where the guns in Bawku must be silenced,” he insisted.