Denkyirahemaa, Nana Ama Ayensua Saara III, has categorically refuted allegations that she has taken over Akwaboso Land and handed it to some individuals for mining purposes.
According to her, such allegations are not just unfounded but also appear to have been carefully fabricated by certain disgruntled individuals to settle chieftaincy disagreement with her.
It will be recalled that one Nana Baffour Awauh II, who claims to be the chief of Nyinawusu, has alleged that Denkyirahemaa has purportedly destooled him over an impasse relating to Akwaboso lands.
Reacting to the allegations in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle, Lawyer Emmanuel K Nanah, who is the legal advisor to Nana Ama Ayensua Saara, said “the allegations are completely baseless and must be treated with uttermost contempt”.
He said, Nana Baffour Awuah was enstooled by his own Bretuo Family to occupy the stool as the chief of Nyinawusu, but he was destooled by the same family, even before his installation process could be finalised.
“His own family accused him of engaging in illegal mining activities, seizure of individual lands and double sales of lands among others, and he knows that Denkyirahemaa did not have any hand in his destoolment.
It is also important to stress that Baffour Awuah could not even go to the black stool room to have the required rituals performed to complete his swearing in, and these are facts he cannot deny”, Lawyer Nanah explained.
According to Lawyer Nanah, Baffour Awuah’s own family head and the rest of the family were those who performed the required rites to destool him and later wrote a letter to inform the Denkyira Traditional Council.
He explained further that any letter sent to the police concerning the destoolment of Nana Awuah, as he has claimed, followed the official announcement of his destoolment by his own royal Bretuo family.
“The announcement regarding his destoolment was made by the Bretuo family members at the Akwasidae gathering at Denkyira Hene’s Palace at Dunkwa on Offin, in the presence of Odeafou Boa Amponsem IV, Denkyirahemaa and all the chiefs of Denkyira.”
Alleged seizure of Akwaboso lands
Nana Baffour Awuah has alleged that a fierce impasse has erupted between him and the Denkyirahemaa alleging that their hostilities stemmed from the ownership of Akwaboso lands, measuring about 9,666 acres.
Answering this allegation, Nana said there had not been any attempt whatsoever by the Denkyirahemaa to forcefully take over any parcel of land at Akwaboso.
“There is a chief at Akwaboso, who is part of the Denkyira Traditional Council, and as a matter of fact, the chief has never filed any complaint that about 9,666 acres of his land has been seized by the Denkyirahemaa”.
When the chief of Akwaboso, Nana Kwadwo Ampong, was contacted on a telephone interview, he also unconditionally denied the allegations by Nana Baffour Awuah that Denkyirahemaa has taken several acres of his land.
“It is never true that Denkyirahemaa has taken over Akwaboso land. I am the chief here and I am speaking to you on authority that the allegation is false and must be ignored by all,” Nana Ampong stated.
Baffour Awuah’s claims that he is Kronkohene of Denkyira
Nana explained that Baffour Awuah’s claims that he is the Kronkohene of the Denkyira Traditional Council could not be entirely true because he did not complete his basic installation processes, even as Nyinawusu chief.
“To be eligible to occupy the position as the Kronkohene of the Denkyira Traditional Council, Baffour Awauah was traditionally and customary obliged to have completed the installation processes successfully.
However, the same family that wanted to install him later truncated the processes and destooled him, as well as his claim that he is the Kronkohene is factually inaccurate. In fact, he is not the Kronkohene of Denkyira”, he explained.
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