Martin Amidu rubbishes Otumfour’s Bawku Mediation report and government’s response

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has launched a blistering critique of the Bawku Mediation Report presented by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Government of Ghana’s response to it, questioning both the legal foundation of the process and the authority under which it was conducted.

The mediation process, led by the Asantehene, was initiated as part of efforts to resolve the long-standing Bawku conflict and culminated in the submission of a report to the President, alongside a formal government statement outlining its position on the recommendations. Martin Amidu’s full response to the mediation report and the government’s statement is attached to this story.

According to Martin Amidu, the former OSP who is also an astute constitutional lawyer, the Bawku Mediation Process and the reporting emanating from it were just a circus. In his response to developments on the Bawku Mediation Report and the government’s position thereof, he submits that the entire mediation process is unconstitutional and has no legal basis. He argues that Otumfuo Osei Tutu II lacks the locus to mediate, as both the Bawku-Naba and the Nayiri are superior chiefs in their own right and cannot be made to submit to Asante law and custom.

Below is the full critique.