Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Dormaahene, has told President John Mahama that egg traders who went to Burkina Faso to sell their egg products were attacked.
According to the Dormahene, the Burkinabes took all their eggs without any provocation and destroyed them.
The Dormahene called on President Mahama to intervene in the situation, as many of his subjects depend on the egg trade to take care of themselves.
Speaking during Mahama’s ‘Resetting Ghana Tour’ on Tuesday, March 18, 2026, the Dormaahene stated, “His Excellency, eggs are our main trading commodity in Dormaa. If we are unable to take our eggs to market or don’t sell them, we won’t have food. Eggs take care of a majority of us.
“Something has happened in our egg trade. His Excellency, we trade with the people of Burkina; we sell some of our eggs to them. Recently, we took some of our eggs to Burkina via Paga. They took all our eggs without any provocation and destroyed them,” he said.
He added, “His Excellency, we have made huge losses. We raised this issue when you were out of the country, but now that you’re here, kindly look into it for us.”
“Regarding the issue of the eggs, I heard about it after I arrived from my travel. God willing, tomorrow I will be going to Accra, and when I get there, I will send people to my friend, President Traore, to ask him what is going on. So that if there is an issue, we investigate and resolve it,” he added.
The Dormahene’s comments come some weeks after Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, disclosed that the seven Ghanaian Tomato traders killed in a terrorist attack in Titao, northern Burkina Faso, have been laid to rest.
According to the Minister, the bodies of the deceased were burnt beyond recognition and had begun decomposing, which forced authorities to proceed with burial arrangements in Burkina Faso.
Speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Monday, February 16, Muntaka Mubarak stated, “The seven bodies have been burnt beyond recognition. As at yesterday, we agreed they had begun decomposing and had to be buried”.
“So the Burkina Faso authorities told us [Ghanaians] that they would bury them at 10 a.m today. But our women who are not really injured can go and witness and take as many pictures as possible,” he added.
He added, “And the sad thing is that we lost seven of our men. Three of them got injured. One woman was critically injured, and others were not badly injured”.
Reports had earlier revealed that seven (7) Ghanaians have reportedly lost their lives in a terrorist attack on tomato traders in Titao, Burkina Faso, on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
All seven victims were Ghanaian male tomato buyers and the drivers of the trucks.
Alhaji Gbangbanku, a journalist who reported the attack on Saturday, revealed the terrorists spared the Ghanaian traders who were women.
The journalist shared the news before the Ministry of the Interior in a statement confirmed the attack on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
According to Alhaji Gbangbanku, the Islamist military group, JNIM, was responsible for the attack.
He further shared pictures of some of the traders who were killed and visuals from the scene of the incident showing vehicles set ablaze.
Also, Eric Tuffour, the President of the Tomato and Onion Truck Drivers Association, speaking in an interview with JoyNews, corroborated the report but failed to provide an exact number of people killed in the attack.
According to Eric Tuffour, the terrorists attacked the Ghanaian trucks because they perceived them as their enemies, shooting all the men and leaving the women unharmed.
“What actually happened was that the terrorists suspected that some of their enemies had entered the country, and our vehicle was in the town at the time.
“They shot the male passengers, leaving the female passengers unharmed. All the men who were seated on top of the vehicle were shot dead,” Tuffour is quoted to have.
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The Overlord of the Bono people in central Ghana has reported the seizure and destruction of several hundred crates of eggs valued at over 10 million cedis belonging to Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso. pic.twitter.com/MA7z33lN63
— Alhaji Gbangbanku (@EliasuAlhaji) March 18, 2026