STATEMENT RELEASED TO THE PRESS AFTER A MEETING OF CHIEFS AND REGENTS OF THE ABUDU ROYAL FAMILY HELD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 AT YENDI IN THE NORTHERN REGION. We, the Chiefs and Regents of the Abudu Royal Family (ARF), met in Yendi, the traditional capital of the Dagomba Kingdom, to deliberate on the state of affairs of the Kingdom, and take decisions on issues of paramount concern to members of the Abudu Gate of the Dagbon chieftaincy divide. At the end of the deliberation, the meeting resolved that: 1. The Abudu family is committed to the Roadmap to peace as the only credible and legal agreement between the two royal families for peace and reconciliation in Dagbon. 2. That the Roadmap to peace, a document signed by accredited representatives of the two royal families, took into consideration the decision of the Supreme Court in 1986 and the Reconciliation Agreement between the two royal families in 1987. 3. That the family (ARF) will meet again in January 2012 to commence preparation towards the performance of the final funeral rites of the late Ya-Na Mahamadu Abdulai in the Gbewaa Palace, as agreed by the two royal families under the Roadmap to peace. 4. The family also resolved to resist, by any means necessary, the Kampakuya-Na’s expressed intention to enskin chiefs to chieftains currently occupied by Regents from the Abudu Royal Family. No Abudu Regent will perform his father’s funeral until the funeral of Na-Mahamadu Abdulai is performed in the Gbewaa Palace as that of a Ya-Naa. 5. The family further resolved to establish parallel authority in Savelegu if the Kampakuya-Na enskin a chief to occupy the vacant Gate-skin of Savelegu in apparent violation of the Roadmap and in flagrant contempt of Court. 6. The family finally appealed to the Government to, as a matter of urgency, reconvenes the Committee of Eminent Chiefs to continue with the mediation process. It calls on all members and sympathizers of the Abudu Royal Family to remain calm and keep the peace in their towns and villages. Dr. Ziblim Iddi (Spokesperson) Tel: 0246050338