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General News of Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Source: bbc.com
2019-07-09
Business is back to normal in Bunkpurugu Township
The fake factions of the nine-year-old violent conflict surrounding Bunkpurugu's power in the Northeast region have held their pledge to bury the hatchet and put an end to hostilities after holding a war. traditional ritual to demonstrate their determination to end the bloodbath three years ago.
On March 18, 2016, the doors of Jafouk and Jamong – who were fighting for the occupation of Bunkpurugu's skin – performed the traditional ritual of "burying the blood" in order to end the conflict. nine years and clean the earth. for a lasting peace.
Since then, life in the city has returned to normal, locals peacefully acquitting themselves of their daily activities without the fear and restrictions that characterized the near-decade of communal attrition, observed the Daily Graphic during a visit to the city last week.
After calm was restored, some residents and workers who fled the city to take refuge in Togo and neighboring areas returned home to start a new life.
The persistent curfew – which now covers between 8 pm and 6 am – is perhaps the only reminder of the turbulence that has rocked the region recently.
The "blood burial" is a traditional ritual of the Bimobas that has proved its worth and signifies the achievement of peace in difficult situations.
On the occasion of smoking the peace pipe in Bunkpurugu, both factions brought cattle – sheep and cattle – killed and buried.
The faction leaders then invoked curses on anyone who would defy the gods and spirits of their ancestors as they turned to fight.
After that, both groups drank pito in the same pot and also cooked the animals' liver and intestines and ate together.
For nine years, the two factions disputed the question of who was qualified to be the supreme leader of Bunkpurugu.
The long feud of conflict between the chieftainship has inflicted wounds, caused death and caused a mbadive exodus of residents, especially non-indigenous people.
The supreme leader of the Bunkpurugu traditional zone, Naba Alhaji Abuba Nasinmong, told the Daily Graphic that since the "burial of the blood" ceremony, the two factions had been reconciled and were looking for a common cause for the development of the region.
"We are happy for the peace that reigns in the city. We all came together and said we had to let peace reign, and it happened. The two sides have reconciled so far and we live together in peace, "he said.
He called on potential investors to abandon the city's perception of the conflict, stressing that "the region is very peaceful and investors and businessmen have to come and do business; we will support them ".
He called on the government to ensure that the city ravaged by the conflict is developed to improve the lives of the people.
Minister of Bunkpurugu / Nakpanduri District, Northeastern Regional Minister Solomon Boar, told the
Daily Graphic baderted that the government was about to bring mbadive development to the region to redress the situation.
He added that the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) was closely monitoring and collecting security information in the field and that it would recommend at the appropriate time the Ministry of the Interior to eventually lift the cover -fire.
Some residents told the Daily Graphic that the conflict had cost them their lives and that they were not ready to return to the past.
"Nobody is ready for the past again because we have suffered a lot. During the conflict, we could not go to the farm as we do today, so we say never again, "said Jagang Jatong, a resident.
Another resident, Mr. Larbik Thompson, who is a national service officer, said the local youth who led the war had now come to their senses and vowed not to let themselves go. use for illegal acts.
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