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Abudu family to hit the streets on February 4

This is to protest what they describe as government's failure to allow them access to the Gbewaa Palace to bury their late chief Naa-Mahamadu Abdulai IV.

 

Members of the Abudu royal family have set aside February 4, 2016 to hit the streets over what they describe as government's failure to allow them access to the Gbewaa Palace to bury their late chief Naa-Mahamadu Abdulai IV.

The said family have initially given government two weeks to allow them access following their rival, the Andanis refusal to do so.

The two families, Abudus and Andanis have been engaged in a chieftaincy conflict in Dagbon for some years now.

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This was after the King of Dagombas and the overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II was killed on March 27, 2002.

The Abudus have subsequently indicated that they would use all available means to have access to the Gbewaa palace to perform the funeral rites of their late chief, Naa-Mahamadu Abdulai IV, if the Andanis fail to give them access to the palace.

But the Andani family have also vowed to face the Abudus squarely if they try to occupy the palace with force.

Government has therefore intensified security presence in the area to prevent any possible clash between the two rival families.

In an interview with Pulse.com.gh, the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah said "For now there is no problem. The place is very calm. We have beefed up security."

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He however said he is yet to be informed about the impending demonstration by the Abudu family.

"We don't have any information about it. They have not written to us to inform us," he added.

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