Kwamo (Ash), March 18, GNA - Nana Osei Amoako-Mensah II, chief of Kwamo, near Ejisu on Wednesday announced his abdication after 32 years of uninterrupted reign.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Nana Amoako-Mensah said his abdication was a protest of an order by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I to sign a document for the release of a parcel of land belonging to his people to Adako-Jachie, a neighbouring community.
The 75-year-old chief, who appeared to be on a collision course with Otumfuo Osei Tutu, said a sheep had already been slaughtered at the Kwamo palace to signify his abdication.
A number of elders who the GNA spoke to assented to the chief's decision, saying that they felt very cheated that a piece of land handed down to them by their ancestors should be given to their neighbours.
