The Chief of Aworasa in the Asamankese Traditional Area, Barima Pobi Asomani II, who is also a member of the Royal Akua Korang Abrade Family of Asamankese, has called on government to investigate the circumstance under which a registrar of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, one Richmond Persawu, connived with some persons to illegally gazette one Kwasi Obeng, a self-acclaimed chief as the Chief of Asamankese.
He said the investigations and subsequent prosecution of such persons would avert a possible mayhem and blood bath in the Asamankese traditional area which is heating with tension.
Barimah Pobih Asomani at a press conference held yesterday at Aworasa in the Asamankese traditional area said, he was surprised that despite the availability of enough evidence proving that Kwasi Obeng was not a genuine chief and thus parading himself as a chief was illegal and unlawful , some persons at the Registry of the Eastern regional House of chiefs would connive to gazzette him .
He noted that, in the high court of Justice Ghana, Koforidua held on Thursday, 16th June 2016, before his Lordships Justice Henry A. Kwoffie, justice of appeal sitting as an additional High court judge ordered and awarded a cost fine of sentence against the Queen mother of Asamankese Ohemaa Akosua Birikoramah and her son Kwasi Obeng and again awarded cost in favor of the Royal Abrade family of Asamankese.
Barima Pobi Asomani II further informed the press that, a consensus and agreement was reached at the Oseawuo division at Akyem Wenchi of the Akyem Abuakwa traditional council in the presence of Dasebre Dr. Nyarko Asumedu Appiah the Oseawuohene on 8th February, 2017.
The Abusuapanin Kwasi Kuma from the queen mother’s lineage admitted and confirmed that there is no chief at Asamankese and the regent is Gyasehene until the matter is resolved for a fresh nomination is done to enstool a new Chief when both parties finally reaches a consensus as said in the ruling from the judicial committee at the Ofori Panini Fie at Kyebi.
Meanwhile, the alleged ‘self-acclaimed chief’ is illegally parading himself as the Chief of Asamankese and he is preparing and planning to celebrate a festival called “Ɔboɔdwan” on 21st November, 2021, which is not familiar with the Asamankese stool. “He must be brought to order by authorities of the law before we stop him this time around,” he added.
Upon investigations, a document has been fished out proving otherwise of what both parties agreed before the Oseawuohene on February 8, 2017. The Registrar by name Mr. Richmond Persawu at the Eastern regional house of Chiefs has illegally stated in the document that there is no pending case or appeal against the installation. Meanwhile, it is this same registrar’s office and jurisdiction that the queen mother of Asamankese who is the biological mother of Kwasi Obeng who purports himself as Osaberima Adu Darko iii who has been illegally gazetted filed an appeal on 20th November, 2017 and later went to withdraw the appeal on 26th February, 2020. The withdrawal of the appeal by them gives the indication that there’s no chief at Asamankese and therefore they would abide by the initial ruling from the judicial committee at the Ofori Panini Fie at Kyebi. This action has come as a surprising and criminal if proved right to have seen a Registrar whose office and court an appeal was filed in 2016 and was later withdrawn in 2020 to give the green light to a party in the pending case to be gazetted on November, 2018. “He must be arrested, Barima added”.
The entire family of the Royal Akua Korang Abrade family led by Barima Pobi Asomani II is therefore calling on the Minister of chieftaincy Affairs, the Inspector General of police (IGP), the Attorney General, the Chief of Staff, The Speaker of Parliament, The National security Coordinator , EOCO, Eastern regional Police Commander, MCE West Akyem Municipality and all well-meaning Ghanaians to intervene in this chaotic unlawful act by the registrar to prevent clashes between the two parties.
