Chiefs and people in the Bunkrugu-Yunyo of the Northern Region have rewarded the Northern Regional Minister Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru and District Chief Executive of East Mamprusi District, Adam Imoro for their role in ensuring peace in the region.

This follows the successful execution of a road map for peace after years of conflict in the north especially between Konkonbas and Bimobas in Nakpanduri 

Some residents who fled the area due to conflicts between the two ethnic groups have returned to resettle.

The minister was presented with a plaque which read,”for your extraordinary service, selflessness and dedication to duty as the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the East Mamprusi District. Your commitment and outstanding work ethics have contributed immeasurably to the attainment of peace in Mamprugu. Your quick response to distress calls, sometimes at odd hours without complaint is exceptionally remarkable in averting the escalation of violent clashes. You exhibited selflessness and loyalty in support of our vision of a just and violent free society in this beloved Kingdom. Your diligence and team spirit have contributed to the growth and strengthen the overall development of the Mamprugu Kingdom beyond expectation. 

For these and many others, we the chiefs, elders, and opinion leaders of Nakpanduri/Nansuan area in consultation with the Nayiri, the over lord of Mamprugu Kingdom, on this day, 19th February, the year of our Lord, 2015, honor YOU as an exceptional and exemplary leader”, it concluded.

DCE for East Mamprusi District Adam Imoro receiving his plaque

A unification football game was staged between the Konkombas and Bimobas.

Over a decade of conflict between the two feuding ethnic group over a parcel of land in the area has claimed the lives and properties of over dozens of residents there.

A joint mediation committee comprising the East Mamprusi District security council and the Bunkrugu-Yunyo District put up by the Northern Regional Minister has been working together with the overlord of Mamprugu, Nayiri- Na Bohagu Mahami Abdulai sheriga and the West Africa Network for peace building towards achieving peace for the two feuding groups.

Nakpanduri and its surrounding communities have been in a curfew for quite sometime now following a bloody clash that has been lingering between the Konkombas and Bimobas.

Though the Konkombas and the Bimobas are playmates, they often fight each other over that parcel of land.

Until the unification football game to demonstrate their pledge to coexist peacefully and welcome each other to Kpemale, many of the fled residents mainly Konkombas were seeking shelter in neighboring communities.

Chief of Nakpanduri representing the Bimobas David Kansuk said the conflict in the Bunkrugu-Yunyo District has left the area behind in development hence the need for peace.

“We have seen the effect of this unpleasant atmosphere. It will be very devastating and detrimental to our lives and the prosperity of our communities if this diabolic and uncalled for situation is not nipped in the bud.

I politely ask all and sundry to do all they can to invoke and reinstate the bond and spirit that used to bond our forefathers together in those days, I want all chiefs children, political and opinion leaders and even the unborn to reconcile, forgive and forget all the agonies, torture and wrongs we have caused one another for the sake of God and forge ahead with new and fresh holy minds and soul”, he added.

Chief David Kansuuk also said the traditional leaders will not hesitate to hand over anyone who is seen or heard pepertrating conflict of any kind in the area to the police for them to be dealt with.

On the part of the Konkombas, Chief of Nasuan Daniel Wajack said the common enemy of the two ethnic groups is poverty and illiteracy and that should be what both groups should be fighting to eradicate rather than taking arms against one another.

District Chief Executive for East Mamprusi District Adam Imoro who represented the Northern Regional Minister Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna at the durbar called on the people to see themselves as one people from the same kingdom.