[ 2017-05-22 ]

Prof. Badu Akosa was allegedly installed Chief at Kwahu-Abene

Prof. Badu Akosa can't be our Chief – Kwahu Queen Mother
Nana Adwoa Gyamfua III, the paramount queen mother
of the Kwahu Traditional Area in the Eastern
Region, has stated categorically that they
(Kwahuman) will never allow Professor Agyemang
Badu Akosa – a onetime presidential hopeful of
the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) – to
become the paramount chief of Kwahuman because is
not a royal of the area.

Nana Gyamfua, at a press conference at Kwahu-Abene
on Saturday in reaction to Prof. Akosa's media
briefing in Accra that she was behind his
installation, described Professor Badu Akosa as a
fake person and a fake chief, and asked the
general public not to recognize him as Kwahuman
paramount chief.

The queen mother further warned Prof. Akosa to
stop parading himself as the paramount chief of
Kwahuman because he is not a royal of Kwahu and
has not been traditionally installed as such.

Prof Akosa, former Director General of the Ghana
Health Service (GHS), was on May 4 allegedly
installed with the stool name, Daasebre Mampong
Adjei II as the chief of Kwahu-Abene.

After his installation, there has been tension at
Kwahu-Abene, which is the royal seat of the
Kwahuman Traditional Area as the Traditional
Council is against his installation.

Nana Kesse Odoten III, chief of the royal family
(Adehyehene) at the press briefing, said the
Traditional Council was yet to comprehend why Nana
Adare Frempong, Werempehene of Abene, thought he
could unilaterally nominate, approve, elect and
enstool Prof. Akosa as the Omanhene without their
knowledge.

According to the Adehyehene, Werepehene's secret
action was not only against tradition and their
customary law regarding the election of a
paramount chief, but it's also unconstitutional, a
blatant misconduct and breach of faith and trust
reposed in Nana Adare Frempong, as Werepehene and
accredited member of the Abene Council.

“It's not only sad but incredible, as to how
Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosa, in spite of his
academic achievements, professional and social
standing, could naively and illegally have wool
pulled into his eyes, by a crafty old man and his
bunch of troublemakers……..” he underscored.

The Adehyehene added that “Prof. Akosa, who
claims to be a royalist, does not even appear to
know the traditional and customary procedures for
the installation of a Kwahumanhene.

The Krontihene of Abene, Nana Sempe Owiredu III,
also said that the Professor was enstooled as
paramount chief in a wrongful manner because he
and his seven kingmakers were not part of the
practice and so it cannot be the accepted norm.

Nana Owiredu noted that the Kwahu Traditional
Council doesn't know anybody or have an
institution called “Abene-Kwahu Council of State
Elders” whose secretary is B.A Akyeampong,
adding that they only know Mr. Acheampong, a
ligitant lawyer, based at Nkawkaw who has been
parading the courts in the region.

Source - dailyguideafrica.com

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