{"id":56298,"date":"2014-10-14T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=56298"},"modified":"2014-10-14T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T15:56:10","slug":"bimbilla-chieftaincy-dispute-naakpa-naa-faction-heads-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=56298","title":{"rendered":"Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute: Naakpa Naa heads to Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Naakpa Naa faction in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute has decided to head to the Supreme Court to seek finality on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows a declaration by the National House of Chief that the late overload of Bimbilla, Naa Dansana Adani Yakubu II <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/08\/late-bimbila-naa-legitimate-chief-house-of-chiefs-declares\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">is the legitimate chief of the area<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/08\/late-bimbila-naa-legitimate-chief-house-of-chiefs-declares\/\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;DcdB352RQxZt3t5vEKGL6fv0QTqyEiXH&#8221;]Before the declaration, the family of the late Naa Salifu Dawuni, appealed against a ruling of the Northern regional House of Chiefs on the same matter prompting the National House of Chiefs to take over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Naa Andani Yakubu was<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/26\/bimbila-naa-andani-finally-laid-to-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>\u00a0murdered while the case was still pending<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>at the National House of Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The murder and surrounding developments compelled the Minister of Interior, Mark Woyongo to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/27\/curfew-on-bimbilla-towship-renewed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">impose a curfew on the township.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Days after the ruling, a local journalist in Bimbilla, Mohamed Ameenu Alabira has told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the Naakpa Naa faction has announced plans to proceed to the Supreme Court to seek closure on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other side[Naakpa Naa faction], two days after the verdict said the elders are still considering going to the Supreme Court\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Mohamed Alabria, \u201ctheir[Naakpa Naa] \u00a0elders are in Accra and they are still considering when they will go to the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Naakpa Naa faction in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute has decided to head to the Supreme Court to seek finality on the matter. 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