I’m A Testament of Your Honesty; Offinsohene To Otumfuo
The Paramount Chief of Offinso Traditional Area, Nana Dwamena Akenten II, has affirmed that he is a testament to the honesty, nobility and integrity of His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene.
He said this while he clutched the sword to swear an oath of allegiance to the King before Asanteman on Thursday, January 11, 2024.
Nana Dwamena Akenten is therefore bent on emulating this trait in his leadership over Offinso.
“I am a testament to your truthfulness and honesty. I vow to emulate you and rule in truth just as you do. If I go against this oath, I have violated the Great Oath,” he vowed as he held the Mponponsuo sword before Otumfuo.
The Offinso stool was marred with a controversy about the successor to Nana Wiafe Akenten III who passed on in 2021 after attempts by some persons, led by the now-destooled Queen mother, Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko, to “sell” the stool to a wealthy non-royal.
Investigations by Otumfuo proved that the said man was not related to the royal family despite being presented as one.
Asantehene thus directed the royals to select a candidate to be sworn in.
On December 18, the royals, led by Kwakwaboa Abusuapanin Opanin Yaw Nkrumah Adusah, presented Nana Amoako Opoku to Otumfuo at the Manhyia Palace in accordance with Asante tradition who has now been enstooled with the name Nana Dwamena Akenten II.
