[ 2015-01-24 ]

Manhyia: Nobody can breakaway from Asanteman
Manhyia Palace - seat of the Asante Monarch - has
responded to recent comments of an intended
breakaway of Kumawu from the Asante kingdom,
insisting, no stool can break ranks with
Asanteman.

The Sanaahene of Otumfou Osei Tutu the II,
Professor Nana Kwadwo Nyantakyi III, vehemently
opposed any such act by any stool under the
Asanteman Council when he spoke to Ultimate
Breakfast Show host Prince Minkah Friday January
25, 2015.


The breakaway threat was first made by some
factions in a raging Kumawu chieftaincy dispute.


Three disgruntled kingmakers of the Kumawu
Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, recently
called the bluff of the Monarch, following their
destoolment, which they described as arbitrary and
without any effect.

Nana Akwasi Baffo II, Akwamuhene; Nana Sarfo
Agyekum II, Aduanahene; and Nana Okyere Krapah,
Akyempemhene said Otumfuo Osei Tutu had no
customary right to de-stool any chief of Kumawu,
since in their view, Asanteman is a confederate
state.

The chiefs insist that the selection and
installation of 47-year-old Dr Emmanuel Yaw
Kantanka Sarfo-Asante as paramount chief of Kumawu
fell short of due process and contravened
established Asante customary practices and
tradition.

Meanwhile Nana Kwadwo Nyantakyi III has said it
will be impossible for any faction under the
Asante monarchy to breakaway.

Otumfuo’s Sanaahene also blamed the seeming
politics that has crept into Ghana’s chieftaincy
institution for the recent breakaway threats by
some traditional areas.

Source - Ultimatefm

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