Friday, October 22, 2010

Matters Arising after Dagbon Chieftaincy Conflict


THE MARCH 2002 bloody conflict between the Andani and Abudu Royal Families in the Northern Region of Ghana that saw the King of Dagbon Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II and forty of his retinue slain appears to be having a serious ramification on the family members of sub-chiefs who were loyal to the late ruler.

Investigations by this blogger has revealed that some natives of Dagon who fled Ghana in the heat of the Dagbon conflict in 2002 to the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Australia, New Zealand and Germany are said to have been receiving unpleasant text and internet messages from unknown faces or people.

These sons and daughters of the Andani family who were also victims of the chieftaincy war include, Alhassan Inusah Andani, Fuseini Sayibu, John Alhassan, Sherifatu Alhassan, Zeinab Andani, Barkis Tia, Rita Tia, Rose Tia, Mohammed Mohaimin Neindoo, Solomon Tia, Issah Sanatu Suglo, Alhassan Chentiwuni, and among others.

Most of them this blogger gathered are now schooling at various levels in those foreign countries and hope to come back to Ghana one day after their studies to stay and work for progress. But right now, they are all exercising fears they could be assassinated on their return and this is having a serious toll on their academic work.

Musah Fuseini, Salifu Saani, Solomon Sarinye, Abubakari Andani, Isahaku Iddrisu, Adam Sulemana were sub chiefs under the Andani regime and now they are all out of the country with the rest of their family members, and they fear to return because they believe their lives would be in jeopardy.

It has also been gathered that, these guys even though they do not know why their lives were being sought after, thought that may be it is because they belong to the Andani Royal Gate that could be the reason why.

“Information picked up by this blogger indicated that they actually escaped from the chieftaincy dispute for their dear life and sojourned in different countries in Europe and America where they might be seeking asylum or doing something else to keep their lives safe.

But now that some of them are receiving messages that were purported to be coming from people they suspected belong to the opposite side of their family (Abudus), it’s a source of worry”, sources revealed”. One of the sources also indicated that probably they were being threatened because their fathers played a major role for being sub-chiefs under the regime of Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II.

Adding that, even some of the fathers of the young lads also run away for their lives during the conflict in 2002 and had since lost contact with their children, citing all the above mentioned names.

Several attempts to find a lasting solution to the eight year old chieftaincy dispute between the Andani Royal Gate (which the late King belongs to) and the Abudu Royal Gate (the rival faction) has failed since that sad occurrence in 2002.

The conflict saw the displacement of several youth from the Dagbon Kingdom in 2002 with many of them running to the Southern part of Ghana whilst others fled the shores of Ghana. Besides their parents, the above mentioned poor men for instance, has also lost contact with their siblings.

Meanwhile, some family members (elders) of the Abudu Gate have since been taken to court as suspects by the current government this year after it was considered as a human rights issue considering the manner in which the King died together with forty of his followers.

Even though many analysts say it was a war between two rival groups or families, the government (Attorney General) also claimed members of the Abudu Gate allegedly started the war by attacking the Andani Gate which led to the death of the King and his elders.

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