Kingmakers of Abehenease community in the Ga West Municipality under the Asere Stool in the Ga State have threatened legal action against some individuals who are wrongly attacking the legitimacy and traditional capacity of the substantive Chief of the area, Obrempong Nii Kotey Susubribi I.
At a crowded press conference held at Abehenease Royal House on Saturday, January 28, 2017, intended to set the records straight on the matter, the kingmakers led by Asere Stool Horn Blower, Numo Naa, described those individuals including Nii Lankai Lamprey, Daniel Aryee, Emmanuel Dzatei, Solomon Otto, Rebecca Ayorkor and Nii Okai Mensah as “opportunists” whose aim is to create “confusion and trouble” in the peaceful Abehenease community.
In an angry tone, the kingmakers sounded a strong word of caution to those individuals to immediately desist from their habit of creating confusion among indigenes of Abehenease community or else they would incur their wrath.
The said individuals have claimed in a press statement dated January 24, 2017 that Nii Obrempong Kotey Susubribi I is not the Chief (Mantse) of Abehenase community.
But in the counter claim, the kingmakers stressed that the said individuals who were parading themselves as family heads and dzaasetse have no capacity to raise objections to the installation of a chief in the area since some of them were not natives of Ga State.
According to them, there were judgements which indicate clearly that Nii Obrempong Kotey Susubribi I is the legitimate Chief of Abehenease and that nobody had the capacity to occupy that position. They mentioned that the claims that Teiko Ansah holds all Abehenease lands was false and indicated that no one family holds right to the various family lands.
When he mounted the podium, Nii Obrempong Kotey Susubribi I expressed sadness at the whole development and indicated that there was clear evidence that confirmed and endorsed his capacity as the only chief of the area. He stressed that the community was lagging behind in terms of development and that any attempt to destabilise the peace and unity of the area will further draw the community backwards.
Nii Obrempong Kotey Susrubibi I further indicated that although there have been several warnings to these detractors, they seem adamant to all actions taken to forestall peace and promote the development of the community.
Supporting his claims, Nii Kotey Susubribi I presented various documents including series of court judgements affirming his chieftaincy capacity to the Abehenease community stool under Asere in the Ga State.
In a judgement dated July 7, 2016, in a case involving the said individuals and Nii Amarkai, Isaac Kotey Neequaye, and Kingsley Odeba Ashong, the presiding Justice, Daniel Mensah, indicated that “the right to decide on such matters as chieftaincy involving how one is nominated, elected, selected, enstooled or enskined, deposed abdicated, the cause was certainly a cause of matter affecting chieftaincy.
That, according to Justice Mensah, cannot pronounced judgement on the application for an Interlocutory injunction which was brought against the Asere Stool and Nii Obrempong Kortey Susubribi which went in the chief’s favour. To this end, Nii Susubribi warned these ‘detractors’ to stop creating confusion in Abehenease.
Flanked by his elders and kingmakers including Numo Naa of Asere Stool; Odorkor Twii Dzaasetse, Naa Densua I; Abehenease Manye, Naa Adei – Manye Okyeame I and Nii Asafoatse Osuno Onya Susubribi I, Abehenease Mantse challenged them to meet him at the Asere Traditional Council at Kaneshie over the issue if indeed they think they have a case against him.
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