Children of late Togbui Hor against new chief

The children of the late Paramount Chief of Somey, Togbui Hor 11, has petitioned the President over the installation of a new chief in the traditional area, in contradiction to lay down customs and traditions.

A petition they sent to the President said their father died on September 14, 2012, and the body is lying in the morgue pending burial arrangements scheduled for October 2016.

As tradition and customs demands, a new chief could only be installed after the burial of the late chief.

They said without the burial of their father, one Julius Adaku has been appointed as Togbui Adamah III.

“This collusive enstoolment has resulted in several agitations and conflicts by sections of the royal family, the citizenry and the legitimate kingmakers of Somey Traditional Area- the Togbui Agboka Family.”

The petition said the original 300 and plus years installation processes were completely ignored.

This entails the vetting of the nominee by the royal family, vetting of the nominee by the committee of key nominated chiefs of Somey, headed by the acting paramount chief.

There is also the submission of the nominee after successive two processes to the legitimate kingmakers, indoor ritual procedural process for number of days by the legitimate chief makers.

This is followed by swearing of oath to the newly installed paramount chief of Somey in the presence of all key traditional chiefs and coronation of the newly installed chief to the public, where all sub-chiefs would swear allegiance to the newly legitimate paramount chief.

“However, all these processes were completely ignored by the illegitimate kingmakers by sidelining the legitimate kingmakers.”

The petition claimed that the 300 years stool got missing apparently to pave the way for the installation of the new chief, whilst there are efforts to evict the children of the late chief from their custodian home.

“Your Excellency, we are pleading with your outfit to institute an investigative process to avoid any bloodshed,” the petition warned.