Preceded by Sugri Issah Nationality Ghanaian Died 2002, Gushegu President Lt Gen J. A. Ankrah Succeeded by R. D. Ampaw | President Lt Gen. J. A. Ankrah Name Bawa Yakubu Preceded by J. W. K. Harlley Role Police officer | |
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Bawa Andani Yakubu was a police officer, politician and king. He was an Inspector General of Police in Ghana. He also served in the National Liberation Council (NLC) government. He was the Gushie-Na or Gushie King until his death.
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Career
He was appointed Commissioner of Police (Administration) and later Inspector General of Police from 3 September 1969 to 12 June 1971. He retired from the Police service after becoming the Gushie Na.
Politics
While still a Deputy Commissioner in the Ghana Police Force, Yakubu was appointed a member of the NLC military government from 24 February 1966 to 29 August 1969. He was one of four police officers on the NLC. The others were J. W. K. Harlley, the Vice Chairman, Anthony K. Deku, Commissioner of Police (CID) and J. E. O. Nunoo, Commissioner of Police (Administration).
King of Gushegu
Bawa Yakubu was the son of a former Gushie Na (Gushi king). Gushegu is located in the Northern Region of Ghana. His brother Sugri Issah succeeded their father as Gushie Na after his death. Following the death of Issah, Yakubu was enskinned Gushie Na in February 1971 by the Abdulai Mahama IV, Paramount Chief of the Dagomba Traditional Area and served as the Gushie Na until his death in January 2002.
Honours
He was awarded the Member of the Order of the Volta in 1969.