[ 2011-11-28 ]

Odehye Boateng slaughter's sheep to initiate destoolment of Okyenhene
A Day after he was fined 72 sheep and 36 crates of
Schnapps by the Okyeman Council for accusing
Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori-Panin, of involvement in
illegal mining in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional
Area, Odehye Kwame Adjei Boateng stormed the Ofori
Panin Fie Palace at Kyebi to slaughter a sheep to
mark the destoolment of the Okyenhene.

Odehye Boateng of the Asona Royal Family was
reportedly accompanied by five macho men who went
to the palace in three vehicles with a brown sheep
to slaughter about 3 p.m on Saturday. The act was
committed at a time when the Okyenhene was
attending the 50th Golden Jubilee of the Ofori
Panin Senior High School (SHS) at Kukurantumi in
the Eastern Region.

Following the incident, the Okyeman Council has
instituted a 24-hour tight security, known as
“Amantoamiesa” at the Ofori Panin Fie as part
of measures to protect the Black Stool of
Okyeman.

Prior to the slaughter of the sheep, the macho men
were reported to have positioned themselves at
strategic points outside the Ofori Panin Fie
Palace and the two security men who were guarding
the palace were said to have fled for their
lives.

Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic, a
solicitor of the Okyeman Council, Mr Kwame
Acheampong Boateng, said the incident was
allegedly committed at a time when the town was
virtually calm and quiet.

He said the Okyenhene had been invited as the
guest of honour to the Ofori Panin SHS Golden
Jubilee, while most of the residents of the area
had travelled to Accra to attend the wedding
ceremony of a prominent citizen of the town.

Narrating what happened, Mr Boateng said when the
Okyenhene and his entourage arrived at the
ceremony on Saturday he was told that Odehye
Boateng had allegedly slaughtered a sheep at the
palace but when he returned to Kyebi, Odehye
Boateng had left the place.

When contacted, the Kyebi Police Commander, DSP
Ohene Gyan, confirmed the slaughter of a sheep at
the forecourt of the Ofori Panin Fie Palace by
Odehyee Kwame Adjei Boateng and some macho men.

He, however, indicated that a number of armed
youth of the town, believed to be supporters of
the Okyenhene, who later heard that a sheep had
been slaughtered, rushed to the palace in a number
of vehicles and fired warning shots
indiscriminately.

He said that while the youth were roaming the
streets of Kyebi, they spotted the NPP
Constituency Secretary for Abuakwa South,Mr Yaw
Bampoh, and suspecting him to be involved in the
whole incident, assaulted him before using
machetes to deflate the tyres of his vehicle.

“Unfortunately, at the time the sheep was
slaughtered, Yaw Bampoh was out of Kyebi”, said
the police commander, who indicated that the
police had mounted a search for the arrest of the
youth who beat Mr Bampoh.

Source - Daily Graphic

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