Mantukwa Queen fined GH¢100, schnapps for misdemeanour

The Queen mother of Mantukwa near

Sunyani in the Sunyani West District of the Brong-Ahafo region, Nana Amponsah

Ababio, has been fined GH¢100 and a bottle of schnapps for misdemeanour.

The fine

was imposed by the Acting Omanhene of Odumase Number One, Nana Kofi Yeboah

after the Mantukwahene, Nana Owusu Antwi Boasiako III had lodged a complaint against

her.

Briefing

the media, the Krontihene in waiting of the area, Kofi Adjei said Nana Antwi

Boasiako III was installed as chief in July this year after going through all

the required traditional and customary procedures.

He said the

royal family and the kingmakers notified the police, who in turn got further

clarification from the Odumase number One traditional council to provide

security for the installation ceremony.

Kofi Adjei

said after Nana Antwi Boasiako III had been successfully installed and outdoored,

he put in place a new Plot Allocation Committee to streamline the

indiscriminate sale of lands in the area. The new chief caused an announcement on

radio to the effect that anyone who had purchased any parcel of land should

submit receipts for verification. One major problem facing the community is the

multiple sales of lands.

Immediately

the announcement was aired, the Queen, Nana Amponsah Ababio, made a counter

announcement claiming that Nana Antwi Boasiako III, was not the chief of the

area and that he had no right to constitute a plot allocation committee.

Her action however

came as a surprise to many people in the area because all along, the Queen knew

about the installation of Nana Antwi Boasiako.

It was

after the counter announcement by the Queen that Nana Antwi Boasiako lodged a

complaint with the Odumase Number One traditional which subsequently found Nana

Amponsah Ababio guilty and accordingly fined her.