Asantehene cannot leave Asante to come and install a paramount chief in Fiapre - Sunyani West chiefs fume

The Odumase No.1 Traditional Council in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region is reportedly furious over the decision of the Fiaprehene, Obrempong Professor Kyem Amponsah II, to join the Asanteman Traditional Council.

The Sunyani West chiefs argue that the Fiaprehene cannot join the Asanteman Council because he is settling on their land.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, June 28, 2024, the Kontirehene of Odumase No. 1, Nana Godlove Kwaku Boateng, said that Odumase was not one of the lands conquered by the Ashanti Kingdom and therefore Asantehene cannot install a paramount chief on their land.

He issued a strong warning to Fiaprehene Kyem Amponsah II, cautioning him against joining the Asanteman Council and added that the chief can leave their land if he wishes.

“He can leave for any town he wishes. He can serve anybody he wants. But he cannot take our property because he came to meet our land, which belongs to our ancestors. He should leave our land because it is for the children of Fiapre.

“I spoke to our family head and he agreed with me that the Asantehene cannot leave Asante and install a paramount chief in Fiapre because when he (the Fiaprehene) needed land to settle on, it was his (the family head's) father who gave him the land. And so no one can live on his father’s land and serve another person,” he said in Twi.

He added, “You (Fiaprehene) are saying you are your own man and you can do what you want. But our land does not belong to the Asantehene. Odumase is not one of the lands conquered by the Asante.”

On her part, the Ohemaa of Odumase No. 1, Nana Yaa Adansi Puduo II, slammed the Fiaprehene over his action.

She said that the chief was ungrateful for his decision to join the Asanteman Council because it was the chief and people of Odumase who gave his ancestors land to settle on when they had nowhere to go.

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