Asantehene Schedules Dome Keniago and Kwansantuo Disputes Rulings

February 6, 2025, has been set aside by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to deliver a verdict on two disputes involving Dome Keniago and Kwansantuo.

The Asantehene set the date after separately hearing both cases which involves the invocation of the Great Oath during a meeting by the Kumasi Traditional Council on January 27, 2025, at the Manhyia Palace.

In the case of Keniago, Otumfuo heard the complex narrative of how one family head identified as Opanin Osei Yeboah had the Great Oath invoked against him by multiple individuals who opposed his authority to elect a candidate to the stool.

“I will look into this issue and resolve it on February 6.”

Kwansantuo Position
For the one involving the Kwansantuo position- hunter- the Asantehene heard how Kofi Arhin, a royal who is also an expat, invoked the Great Oath against the Family Head, Opanin Amadu Issifu, for extorting money from him in exchange for the position and another oath challenging the Abusuapanin’s royal status.

The plaintiff is said to have travelled back abroad after the invocation and was not present when the case was called on Monday. However, the Council was told he would arrive in Ghana on Tuesday.

The Abusuapanin shared his side of the story, adding that he had counter-invoked the Great Oath in his defence.

“The royal family gave me their candidate for the stool to succeed Kwaku Nsiah. Right from there, my nephew came to me to push him for the position which I refused. A dispute involving lands later came up which occasioned the invocation of the Great Oath by my nephew to the effect that I was not related by blood to the royals. I countered his oath with an invocation.”

Otumfuo expressed his disappointment with the development, recalling the significant sacrifice that Kwaku Nsiah, the immediate past occupant, made to secure the position.

He therefore announced the decision to give a verdict on the sixth day of the second month of this year.

By that time, he indicated that the plaintiff should be present to make his case.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini