Chiefs in the Bawku Municipality, were on Friday asked to allow people who fled the area during the recent conflict there to return to their homes in peace. Mr. Alhassan Samari, Upper East Regional Minister, made the call when he visited Pusiga, Garu, Tempane and Zabgu all towns in the area, and met with the chiefs of the communities. He noted that Kusasis and Manprusis, the two ethnic groups, involved in the conflict, had co-existed for a long time, intermarrying, supporting each other in times of need and benefited in many other ways from each other, and these situation should be sustained. Mr Samari said the conflict would only affect development and bring misery and hardship to the people, and appealed to the chiefs and elders to use their authority and power to restore peace to the area. He urged the traditional authorities to educated and convince the youth that the conflict would not bring any good thing but retard development in the area. Mr Samari advised the people to apply dialogue and tolerance in solving their problems. The Regional Minister was accompanied by the Regional Police Commander, Mr. Ofosu-Mensah Gyeabour, Lieutenant Colonel Irvine Aryeetey, Northern Regional Command of the Ghana Air Forces and Mr. Simon Akunye, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pusiga. Mr. Gyeabour urged the Chiefs and people to cooperate with security personnel deplored to the area to maintain peace. He advised the youth to stop erecting road blocks and warned that any one caught in the practice would be punished according to the law. The MP advised the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians and Opinion leaders to foment conflict for their own personal gains. Naba Akpaka Ibrahim Ayumah, Chief of Pusiga, called on persons who sought refuge during the conflict to return to their homes, saying that Pusiga was opened to all. Source: GNA