The Mamprugu Youth Association has strongly condemned the ambushing and killing of nine people and the injuring of several others who were travelling from Bawku township to Cinkasse market by Kusasi bandits in the Pusiga district.
The deceased made up of 6 women and 3 men were traveling in two separate busses to transact business at the Cinkasse market.
According to the Mamprugu youth, the buses were ambushed by members of Aramongsana community in the Pusiga district giving way to armed Kusasi bandits to attack the vehicles.
The Mamprugu Youth Association have since condemned the attack adding that the sad incident which occurred on a day set aside by the United Nations to be commemorated as World Peace Day is an indication that these Kusasi bandits, acting under the express orders of their leader Aninchema Abugrago Azoka with protection of their kinsman Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister, do not want peace to prevail in Bawku and its surrounding areas.
“Their action was carefully planned with the entire community of Aramongsana in the Pusiga district participating in the crime”, the group said in a statement.
The association is therefore calling on Government, the media and Ghanaians to help put an end to the actions by the Kusasi bandits which according to them can best be described as a terrorist attack.
“We further urge the security agencies to immediately take steps to bring the perpetrators of this terrorist action to book to avoid an escalation of the situation. The perishing of 9 innocent souls has the potential of leading to an escalation if the security fails to arrest those involved”, the group stressed.
