The Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has cautioned the public against linking the recent killing of students in Bawku to the ongoing chieftaincy dispute.

According to him, the actions of the culprits amount to plain criminality and must be dealt with decisively.

Speaking on TV3 Newday on Monday, July 28, 2025, Edudzi Tameklo stated that, to his understanding, the chieftaincy matter is under discussion and peace talks are ongoing—hence his assertion that the recent incident bears no connection to it.

“When you carry a gun or machete, and you go to a secondary school and discharge that firearm into a school, thereby fatally wounding a student, that's not chieftaincy dispute, that is crime. So, we need to draw a clear distinction between criminality and issues about chieftaincy. What I do know is that the chieftaincy matter is before Nana Asantehene,” he said.

“What happened at Bawku Secondary School is pure crime, let nobody colour it. What happened in the killing of the Kusasi chief of Ashanti Region is a crime. For a person to mount a motorbike and kill a man in his house is not chieftaincy, its crime. So, the people who are engaged in that conduct are criminals pure and simple,” Edudzi Tameklo said.

The legal practitioner expressed confidence in law enforcement agencies to restore peace and bring the perpetrators to book for their alleged crimes.

“The Nayiri, a very distinguished chief of this republic will not send somebody to go and do such a (sic) thing, never. He will never do that so, the people who are behind these issues of crime are nobody but pure criminals. I am excited that the IGP, the National Security Coordinator, the Minister of Defense, and the Minister of the Interior have all taken steps to ensure that they bring peace to Bawku,” he said.

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