Akyeame and Nananom making libation to traditionally solidify the declaration
The Akyem Abuakwa Standing Committee has stripped the Etweresohene, Daasebre Ofosu Kwabi Ayebiahwe, of all traditional courtesies due to statements he made against the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II.
The decision was made after the Etweresohene was said to have dared the Okyenhene on who becomes the Chief of Osenase and threatened to breakaway from the Akyem Abuakwa State.
Following the Etweresohene’s statement, 12 chiefs within the Odau Group which he leads under the Benkum division of Okyeman distanced themselves from his statements and pledged allegiances to the Okyenhene.
The Senior Counsel for Okyeman and a member of the Standing Committee, Lawyer Kwame Boateng, disclosing the declaration made at a meeting of the Akyem Abuakwa Standing Committee in the Ofori Panin Fie at Kyebi, said the Etweresohene has also been stripped off his traditional title ‘Daasebre’.
He is henceforth to be known and called Ofosu Kwabi Ayebiahwe for rebelling against Okyeman.
“As the chief of Etwereso has himself declared that he will never step foot in Kyebi again, the Council has today granted his wish in full measure. He is hereby denied any and all audience in the Ofori Panin Fie save to answer to any statutory body. No gate shall open to him. No stool shall be set for him. He has chosen the path of the exile, and we shall not call him back,” Lawyer Boateng said.
He noted that, the Etweresohene has on two occasions declined the committee’s invitation to answer to a viral video of him and other publication in which he made rebellious statements against the Okyenhene.
“Whereas the Standing Committee, in accordance with our time-honoured customs, formally extended an invitation to the chief of Etwereso to appear before us today—on a date he himself proposed—yet he uncustomarily and disrespectfully sent an excuse duty through the State Secretary, refusing to face the Okyenhene and the elders.
“Having heard the silence where his voice should have been, having weighed his words and his deeds against the oaths he swore upon the Ofori Stool, the Standing Committee of Okyeman hereby strips off his courtesies,” he said.
Lawyer Boateng revealed that the standing committee has further withdrew his reporting right, thus, he can no longer report on the matters of Etwereso to the Okyeman.
“No communication from him shall be received by the Okyenhene, the State Secretary, or any recognised traditional authority of Okyeman. The Standing Committee has directed all towns, villages, and settlements that were previously under the division of Etwereso to with immediate effect, cease to answer to him. They shall henceforth report directly to the Benkum division (Begoro),” he said.
The Etweresohene has also been removed from the Standing Committee as a member. His seat was declared vacant while the Akyeame and Nananom made libation and sacrificed a sheep to traditionally solidify the declaration made by the Standing Committee.
“Let it be known throughout Okyeman, from Kyebi to the furthest farmstead, that rebellion shall find no shelter under our sacred umbrella. Okyenhene does not break his own house; but when a man raises his hand against the house, the house will close its doors against him.
“We do not rejoice in this declaration. We mourn the fracture of kinship. But the custom is clear: he who denies the stool, loses the stool. He who rejects the state, is rejected by the state,” Lawyer Kwame Boateng said.
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