Offinsohene Expresses Gratitude To Otumfuo
The Paramount Chief of the Offinso Traditional Area, Nana Dwamena Akenten II has expressed his gratitude to the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Asanteman.
It follows his enstoolment and oath of allegiance to the King earlier this year.
Nana Dwamena Akenten, the true heir to the stool would have been shortchanged but for His Majesty’s intervention.
On Monday, March 11, 2024, the chief together with his stool elders attended the Asanteman Council meeting to express his immense gratitude and appreciation to Otumfuo for vouching for the truth in the case.
His appreciation came in kind.
Stool Controversy
A controversy over the Offinso stool emerged after attempts by some persons led by the destooled Queen mother, Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko, to “sell” it to Dr Desmond Kofi Koduah Sarpong, former Board Chairman of Asante Kotoko Sporting Club.
According to Hemanhene Nana Wiafe Apau Sanwoansan, who represented the Bekum Division at a presser by the Kumasi Traditional Area in December, some royals approached Otumfuo about the efforts by the Queen Mother to compromise on tradition and give away the stool to KK Sarpong.
The royals urged the King to intervene to forestall the unforeseen situation, prompting the establishment of a committee to probe the allegation.
It was found by Otumfuo and the Committee that the said KK Sarpong- who was presented by the Queen mother to occupy the stool- was not related to the Ahyirem Royal Family as he claimed after analysis of his family tree.
It was found that the woman he claimed to originate from never had a child and was thus disqualified, breeding tensions among the Queen mother and some youth of Offinso.
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.
He was enstooled and later took his oath of allegiance before Otumfuo on January 11, 2024. The queen mother was destooled on the same day.
