Three Royal Gates to the Wa Skin have protested to the Upper West Region Security Council against moves by the Nakpaha Gate to outdoor Alhaji Yakubu Seidu, as paramount chief of the Wala Traditional Area.
The three gates - Yijiihi, Najeri and Jonyuohi, in a letter to the Council appealed to the council to take steps to stop any attempt at outdooring him to avert any confrontation.
The three gates said before Alhaji Seidu's enskinment on 8 March, they had informed the Council about their appeal at the Supreme Court against the ruling of the National House of Chief that went in favour of Alhaji Seidu, on 27 February.
They said the Council overlooked it with the reason that it did not receive any notice of appeal. The protest letter, signed by the Sing Naa, Ducie Naa and Kampaha Naa, said on 11 March, the Council was served with a notice of appeal by the Supreme Court, but since then, it had taken no action.
The three Gates said the appeal was being sought against the ruling of the National House of Chief and no party should be allowed to treat with contempt, an issue that was before the Supreme Court.
"We have been silent all that while because we want peace to reign in the area and more so, not to engage the government in settling issues that could be amicably settled through legal channels".
They warned that in as much as they longed for permanent peace and did not want to see Wa involved in a similar situation as in Dagbon, they would never sit unconcerned while their traditions were being trampled upon.
They urged the RESEC to stop using the military and the police to support Alhaji Yakubu to carry out his illegal action while at the same time barricading and molesting members of other communities, namely, Nayiri, Bomiyiri and Gombiliimuni. "We would henceforth resist all arm twisting tactics by the powers that be," they cautioned.
On 27 February, the Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs ruled against an application for an appeal against its earlier judgement that favoured Alhaji Yakubu Seidu as the rightful successor to Naa Momori Bondiri, who died four years ago. The ruling paved way for the enskinment of Alhaji Seidu Yakubu as Wa Naa on 8 March.
