The National House of Chiefs has described reports of violence in the Volta Region, believed to have been perpetrated by members of secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation, as very alarming, calling on the security agencies and all Ghanaians to ensure that the situation does not get worse.
According to the house, it disapproves of the actions of the secessionists adding that “this is not something that any of us must condone”.
Addressing members of the House of Chiefs earlier on Friday September 25, 2020 on the matter, President of the National House of Chiefs Togbe Afede XIV noted that the violence carried out by the secessionists is deplorable.
“These are the kinds of things I’ve not recollected ever happening in our country. We are lucky to have the Minister with us. He [the minister] had earlier briefed members of the Standing Committee on these happenings. The Standing Committee would issue report after his meeting to the happenings in the Volta region which we disapprove of,” he said.
He then urged all and sundry to work in harmony “to ensure that this does not escalate any further [so] that our country would remain a peaceful nation.”
The Homeland Study Group Foundation led by 85 year old Charles Kwame Kudzodzi on Friday September 25, 2020 blocked some major roads in the Volta region and attempted taking some key state installations including the Kpong Hydroelectric Dam in Akuse.
The secessionist group have since been demanding a breakaway from Ghana.
The Friday dawn violent actions of the group has led to the death of one person, injured three others while 31 have been arrested and flown to the nation’s capital, Accra.
A joint Military and Police statement issued on Friday September 25, 2020 disclosed that “an earlier pre-emptive operation on Thursday 24 September 2020, foiled a plan by the group to burn the Ho Central market and other key installations.”
“We wish to reassure the general public that the Security and Intelligence Agencies are in firm control of the situation and remain undaunted in their resolve at preserving and protecting the sanctity of the entire territory of our dear country,” the statement added.
