Otumfuo Removes Aduamoahene In ‘Year of Destoolments’

In less than 72 hours after the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II destooled a number of chiefs, information available to MyNewsGh.com indicate the Asante Monarch has destooled another Chief, Nana Aduamoahene. 

The Asantehene is said to be unhappy about the activities and conducts of some Chiefs and Paramountcies under his kingdom and is cracking the whip with discrimination.

In the case of the Aduamoahene, it is unclear what might have triggered his removal as MyNewsGh.com understands the Chief has been unwell, according to a relative.

Before destooling a Chief, the Asante King is said to conduct elaborate hearings into reports of abuse of the environment, land tenure frauds among other issues reported about Chiefs.

Nana Aduamoahene is the latest in a series of Destoolments by Manhyia Palace.

Earlier last month, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, destooled Nana Saforo Koto, the Chief of Bekwai-Abodom.  The destoolment is as a result of Nana Saforo Koto’s inability to defend himself against nearly 20 charges presented by concerned residents within his community.

The charges against him predominantly revolve around the alleged unrestricted sale of land to illegal miners, a practice fueling the destructive illegal small-scale mining alias ‘galamsey’ operations that have wreaked havoc on local water bodies.

Moreover, he stands accused of neglecting his community duties for an extended period of 7 years, resulting in the abandonment of critical traditional rites and rituals within the stool house, along with other customary activities.

Subordinates operating under his authority have taken issue with Nana Saforo Koto’s blatant disregard for essential traditional practices associated with his position.

Antoahene “loses sandals”

On May 29, 2023, Asantehene Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu, during a sitting of the Asanteman Traditional Council, ordered the destoolment of the Chief of Antoa, Nana Owusu Agyeman I.

This decision came after a tribunal of the Council, chaired by the Asantehene, found the 96-year-old chief guilty of sidestepping the consent and authority of Otumfuo by delegating his position to his nephew.

This action was deemed a clear violation of customary procedure, leading Otumfuo to issue a decree for his destoolment as Antoahene.

Following Otumfuo’s ruling, official rites for the destoolment of Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman were immediately set into motion in the town of Antoa.