Former Vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the public to dismissed reports that he is the one fueling the never ending Bawku conflict.
Dr. Bawumia said it is very unfortunate that people are accusing him of supporting his tribesmen, the Mamprusis with guns to aid their fight against the Kusasi ethnic group, resulting in the escalation of the Bawku conflict.
Addressing supporters of the NPP during the party’s ongoing ‘Thank You Tour’, he said, “I hope you all heard what was said about me in the Bawku problem, (I mean) the conflict between between the Kusasi and Mamprusis fighting in Bawku. I hope you heard about that. When that thing happened, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) saw it as an opportunity to lie against me. They went about saying I am the one buying guns for the Mamprusis to attack the Kusasis.”
Dr. Bawumia also added that he was shocked Ghanaians believed the lie being spread against him by his opponents.
He revealed the NDC managed to use this lie to poll some 39,000 votes in all the constituencies in Bawku, beating the NPP.
“But today, everyone in Bawku has come to know that the NDC came to deceive them as far as the Bawku conflict is concerned. They deceived them and the people of Bawku have come to know the truth. As we speak today the NDC MP’s cannot even go to Bawku.”
