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N/R: Police move to block celebration of Damba Festival in Bimbilla

By Mutala Yakubu
Bimbilla
Police move to block celebration of Damba Festival in Bimbilla
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Police in the Northern Region have moved swiftly to block the Nakpa Naa family from celebrating the Damba festival today, November 20 in Bimbilla.


The District Security Council in Nanumba North are determined they do not go ahead with the celebration.

According to the District Chief Executive (DCE) Abdulai Yaqub, the Nakpa Naa family cannot celebrate the Damba festival as rulers of Bimbilla because of the Supreme Court ruling on the Bimbilla chieftaincy issues.

The Supreme Court, in May 2018, made a ruling declaring the Dasana family as the rightful rulers of Bimbilla after about a decade chieftaincy dispute between the Nakpa Naa and the Dasana family.

Amadu Mustapha who is the spokesperson of the  Nakpa Naa family said they are saddened by the ruling of the Supreme Court but his family accepts and will abide by the ruling of the Apex court.

District Chief Executive for Nanumba North District of the Northern Region, Abdulai Yaqoub said he had a meeting with some elders of the Nakpa Naa family to remind them of the Court's ruling.

“I invited some elders in the family to a meeting to remind them the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Bimbilla chieftaincy affairs and cautioned them not to go ahead with the celebration,”

The DCE stated that the family did not heed to the caution and went ahead with the celebration.

Mr Yaqub said, “the police team went to stop the Nakpa Naa family’s preparation ahead of the festival on [Monday] November 19 but they could not control the crowd.”

He explained the regional police had gone against using force and decided to serve the family with the injunction.

“If they go further to celebrate the festival regardless of the injunction, the law will take them on,” he added.

The DCE has said the security council will stop the celebration to prevent any violence.

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