The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged that the report on the mediation of the Bawku conflict should be binding on all parties involved.
Presenting the mediation report to President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, December 16, at the Jubilee House, as part of efforts to secure lasting peace in the area, Otumfuo clarified that the process was a mediation exercise and not arbitration.
“I’m here to present the facts as they are for us to have peace. I’m not here to give a judgment as to who was right or wrong. The report should bind on all of us. I have explained to the various parties. It was mediation, not arbitration,” he stated.
He thanked the President for the confidence reposed in him to help resolve the long-standing conflict.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was appointed earlier in 2025 by President Mahama to lead mediation efforts to resolve the decades-long chieftaincy dispute in Bawku.
The mediation process commenced in April 2025, with the Asantehene holding separate consultations with representatives of the feuding factions to initiate dialogue.
Although the talks were briefly suspended, they resumed in May 2025 and have since contributed to a period of relative calm in the conflict-prone municipality.
