PRESS STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE BISSA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (BDA), DATED 31ST DECEMBER, 2021
Friends from the Media,
All peace-loving Ghanaians
Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is with a heavy heart that the Bissa Development Association (BDA) issue this press statement to condemn the gruesome murder of an innocent Bissa woman Madam Rukaya Awudu, in her house at Daduri in Bawku on Tuesday, 28th December, 2021.
Accordingto eye witnesses, her killers demanded the whereabouts of her husband. When she told them that she did not know his whereabouts, she was shot a number of times in the presence of her daughter, leading to her death.
The BDA condemns in no uncertain terms, this devilish act of attacking and killing an innocent woman. Such barbaric acts have no place in any civilized society and must be condemned by all. We equally condemn in similar measure, all acts of killings and violence connected with the recent Bawku conflict.It is our prayer that Allah grant our sister Rukaya Awudu and all departed souls in the recent Bawku conflict mercy.
The BDA further notes with serious concerns, audio messages conveying threats being issued via social media against the lives and properties of the Bissa people in the Bawku area. We wish to state without any doubt whatsoever, that the peace-loving Bissa people are not a party to the conflict. We are however saddened by the escalation of tension between our neighbours, the Kusasis and the Mamprusis. As peace loving citizens of Bawku, we urge any Bissa who might be tempted to take sides in the conflict to desist from doing so. We also appeal to our neighbours to give peace a chance to enable Bawku regain its past enviable glory of being the commercial hub of the north.
TheBDA hereby commend the efforts of the hard working Security Agencies while calling on them to intensify efforts to bring the killers of Madam Rukaya and all other acts of killings and violence to book. It is only through such swift actions of arresting and punishing such crimes that will send the right signals to the criminals to abandon their game.
Thankyou.
By: ALHAJI SHAIBU MUSAH GUTARE
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BISSA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
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