We Are Dagombas First Before Abudus And Andanis-Akilu Sayibu

Mr. Akilu Sayibu the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for the Tamale North constituency for election 2012, has told the media in Accra that, the only way lasting and permanent peace could return to Dagbon is for Dagombas to see themselves as Dagombas rather than Abudus or Andanis.

“The categorization of Dagombas into Abudus and Andanis in terms of succession to the Dagbon Namship has gone a long way to create the rather erroneous impression that every Dagomba is either an Abudu or Andani” he said.

The truth is that, to aspire to become the overlord of Dagbon one must come either from the Abudu or the Andani gate; but the gospel fact is that, not every Dagomba is a royal.

Mr. Akilu Sayibu opined that, “If the people of Dagbon understands this analogy very well of being Dagombas first before sympathizers of the Abudu or Andani gates it would have gone a long way to restored the once much cherished peace in Dagbon for accelerated development”.

The Tamale North parliamentary candidate disclosed that, among other priorities he would collaborate with the necessary agencies to ensure that the environment in Dagbon becomes very conducive for the needed infrastructural and manpower development for the benefit of the people.

Mr. Akilu Sayibu also suggested to politicians of Dagbon extraction to eschew the practice of using the Dagbon crisis for parochial political party interest without any empirical evidence.