Interior Minister Must Resign -Andani Gate

The Andani Gate in the Dagbon chieftaincy dispute has called for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Alhaji Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu and the dismissal of the Yendi District Chief Executive, Mr Mohammud Habibu Tijani for their roles in the recent Dagbon chieftaincy crisis.
The Andani Gate has also called for the arrest and detention of Alhaji Aminu Amadu, an Accra-based businessman. It alleged that the three were the brains behind the recent Dagbon chieftaincy conflict between the Andani and Abudu Gates, in which Ya-Na Yakubu Andani, Paramount Chief of Dagomba Traditional Area, and several people have been killed.
Speaking at a press conference in Tamale the regent of Tamale, Alhaji Abdulai Ziblim, who is also the representative of the Ya-Na, said Alhaji Yakubu, Mr Tijani and Alhaji Amadu had an agenda "to eliminate the Ya-Na by all means possible."
He accused the Minister of complicity in severing all communication links to Yendi adding; "behind the facade of the so-called curfew, armed bandits from Bawku and Diare were being transported to Yendi to accomplish their diabolical agenda."
Alhaji Ziblim said the Abudu faction with the support of the armed bandits besieged the Ya-Na's palace armed with sophisticated weapons, shooting indiscriminately throughout the night. He said the casualty figures were much higher than the official figures and declared; "all official announcements on the situation in Yendi are lies".