There is reported heavy tensions at Bole District, in the Savannah Region, following the nomination and subsequent confirmation of Abdulai Mahamud as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area.
According to a report by adomonline.com, some youth in the municipality took to the streets on Friday, May 9, 2025, burning tyres in protest of the confirmation.
The angry youth, according to the report, stormed the premises of the Bole District Assembly and have since issued threats to attack the homes of prominent political figures in the area, including President John Dramani Mahama, and Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Sulemana Yusif.
The aggrieved youth, according to the report, are protesting the nomination and confirmation of Abdulai Mahamud on the basis that he is not well-known within the district and is being imposed on the community.
“Mahamud, before becoming MCE, was saying that it is high time the Mole people disassociate themselves from the Gonjas. Is this the kind of person who you want to become MCE?” the report quoted an aggrieved youth, Saaka Shaibu, as saying.
Meanwhile, there has been a deployment of heavy security to the Bole area in response to the threats issued by the raging youth.
Abdulai Mahamud was nominated by President Mahama as the MCE for Bole District, one of the seven administrative assemblies in the Savannah Region.
The nomination, announced in early May 2025, was part of the president’s appointment of new MMDCEs to implement the development agenda of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the government at the local levels.
Bole District is a stronghold of the NDC and the home constituency of President Mahama.
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