The Ministry of the Interior, in a brief statement, has announced that personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre, the rival Mamprusi chief, from Bawku in the Upper East Region.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, this follows recommendations contained in the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II mediation report.
The Interior Ministry statement read, “This afternoon, personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) removed Alhaji Seidu Abagre from Bawku, pursuant to the recommendations of the Otumfuo Asantehene Osei Tutu II mediation report regarding the Bawku affair.
Alhaji Seidu Abagre is safe in the care of the security agencies”.
It will be recalled that the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in his presentation of the final Bawku mediation report, has recommended that the Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, accept Asigri Azoka as the Chief of Bawku and the head of the Kusasi Traditional Area.
The Otumfuo recommended that Seidu Abagre, who was recently installed by the Mamprusi side as a rival chief to the Bawku Naba, Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, should be recalled to Nalerigu.
According to the Otunfuo, Seidu Abagre, in his recommendation, must be recalled to Nalerigu and reassigned to perform a different traditional role at the Palace of the Nayiri in Nalerigu, or if he chooses to stay in Bawku, he should stay as an ordinary citizen.
Speaking during the presentation of the mediation report to President John Dramani Mahama at the Jubilee House on December 16, 2025, stated, “The final resolution of the Bawku Matters requires that Mr Seidu Abagre be recalled to Nalerigu by the Nayiri to be reassigned to play another traditional role at the Palace of the Nayiri, assisted by the State.
Alternatively, he may choose to stay in Bawku as an ordinary citizen of the community but not to pose as Bawku Naba”.
He added, “I recommend that my brother, the Nayiri, accept Asigri Abugrago Azoka as the Chief of Bawku and the head of the Kusasi Traditional Area”.
Also, the government of Ghana, led by President John Dramani Mahama, has approved the Bawku mediation report by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
In an official statement released by Spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated that the government has accepted all recommendations in the report.
According to the statement, the report provides a comprehensive, fact-based, and forward-looking roadmap.
President Mahama has also directed the establishment of a One Billion Ghana Cedi (GHS 1,000,000,000) Bawku Revitalisation Fund.
The fund is expected to be disbursed from 2026 to 2028 and aims to rebuild critical infrastructure to restore Bawku as an economic hub in Northern Ghana.
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