Asantehene Validates Owusu Boateng’s Family Entitlement to Awua Dumase Stool

The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has delivered a ruling on the Awua Dumase stool dispute, affirming that the stool is an entitlement of the family of Owusu Boateng, one of five litigants who laid claim.

The family of Owusu Boateng were thereby ruled as the only entitled royals.

Four persons identified as Yaw Awua, Kwasi Gyau, Amankona Diawuo and Kwadwo Tabiri Mensah had asserted claims over the stool, also claiming to be the royals.

However, Owusu Boateng- who had a verdict delivered in his favour against a similar dispute over the Awua Dumase Queen’s royalty in July 2025- contested their claims, stating his household was the only legitimate group entitled to the stool.

Yaw Awua asserted that he shared the same lineage as Owusu Boateng, whereas Amankona Diawuo and Kwame Tabiri Mensah submitted a joint counterclaim, arguing that their family was the rightful heir to the stool.

Their case was called before the Kumasi Traditional Council on May 18, 2026, where all the litigants except Kwasi Gyau presented their respective family trees, witnesses and proofs.

Each had the opportunity to present their cases.

Verdict
Delivering a verdict, Otumfuo chronicled the family lineages of all four litigants, asserting that Owusu Boateng’s stood as the sole true royal family.

The Asantehene, while making the ruling, spotlighted the family tree of Awua Panin, who founded Awua Dumase in the Bono Region, stating that one of his successors, Kwabena Kyere, was the last rightful occupant of the stool.

“In his stead, his son, Kwame Korang, succeeded. Kwame Korang requested the vacant stool, and it was given to him because there was no royal available at the time to ascend.”

From the direct descendants of Kwabena Kyere, Otumfuo noted, is the family of Amankona and Tabiri.

The King further disclosed that he had earlier decided to give the stool to one Gyima despite his paternal relations; however, that had been disrupted by his family’s embroilment in the litigation.

“I had decided to give the stool to Gyimah. I called him and told him I would give him the stool to honour him for his service, though he was a son and not a royal and told him to exercise restraint till I returned from my leave, only for me to return to meet court cases and litigations. This has exposed the true nature of the stool.”

“I also informed Owusu Boateng, my grandson, that I had someone I planned to give the stool to. He wasn’t happy about it, but he would have accepted it.”

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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