Sampa Chieftaincy: Enough is Enough- Traditional Leaders
Some traditional authorities in Sampa in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region have spoken against unfolding injustice with the Traditional Council, with support from some government officials.
At a press conference held on March 12, 2026, Nana Kwadwo Magsah, the Kokoahene who doubles as the Adontehene and Nana Abu Srigbo, the family head of the Afia Takyiawaa Royal family, announced plans to fight back.
“We say this with anguish: enough is enough,” they asserted.
From their perspective, the happenings in Sampa are not a mere traditional disagreement but a festering crisis escalating and threatening to spiral out of control.
They deem restraint, patience and legal remedies as an expensive option as the President has turned a blind eye to the disturbing development.
“Nana Gyaflaa II, himself an Appeals Court judge, has consistently chosen restraint. He has pursued legal remedies. He has relied on mediation. He has exercised patience even after blood was shed. But restraint cannot substitute for state protection. Patience cannot replace justice.
“When a gazette is disregarded, when court injunctions are ignored, and when violence is not decisively addressed, ordinary people begin to lose faith in the very institutions meant to safeguard them. That loss of faith is dangerous. It breeds desperation.”
The traditional rulers reminded the head of state that prevention is always less costly than repair.
“Mr President, as Commander-in-Chief, every life in Sampa is under your constitutional protection. The cries of our people rise to you. Mothers fear for their sons. Traders fear investing. Youth fear that violence may return at any moment. The air in Sampa is heavy with uncertainty. History will remember whether early warnings were heeded.”
It comes as one Sammor Duah has been peddling himself as the Sampamanhene with the support of the President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs.
Recently, the said person, exposed as a non-royal, defied traditions and conducted the funeral rites for the late Paramount Chief and Queen Mother of Sampa, despite a court injunction.
Traditional leaders in the town are calling for the urgent intervention of the head of state for the needed recognition for Nana Samgba Gyaflaa II, who swore allegiance to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, in accordance with customs and subsequently gazetted in accordance with the law.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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