Volta House of Chiefs nullifies enstoolment of Tanyigbe Paramount Chief

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has nullified the enstoolment of Roland Adiko as Paramount Chief of Tanyigbe, upholding the rotational system governing succession to the Tanyigbe Paramountcy.

This followed a rejoinder issued on December 23, 2025.

In a decisive conclusion delivered by the VRHC Judicial Committee on March 21, 2025, in a case that ran from 2017 to 2019, the house held that historical records, living memory, and unassailable documentary evidence clearly established that the Akotos of the Doku-Dzehe clan were not caretaker chiefs but substantive paramount chiefs.

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According to the committee, the late Togbe Kwasi Adiko V legitimately succeeded Togbe Kwami Ekpe Akoto II.

The committee found that the Tanyigbe Paramountcy operates under a rotational system, contrary to claims that it is the exclusive preserve of the Kodivi clan.

It further ruled that the Anyidoto clan, and not the Kodivi clan, was the appropriate lineage to present a candidate for the paramount stool following the death of Togbe Kwasi Adiko V.

The committee also ruled that the Anyidoto clan had lawfully exercised its right within the rotational system by nominating and enstooling Togbe Etoi Kodzo as Paramount Chief, and accordingly entered judgment in favour of the petitioners.



The claims of the petitioners were upheld in their entirety.

The ruling also awarded costs of GH¢20,000 in favour of the petitioners.

The judgment was signed by the Chairman of the Judicial Committee, Togbe Gbordzor III, with Togbe Adrakpanya VI, Togbega Sei II, and Counsel Cephas Kwadzo Motey serving as members.

The verdict brings both legal and customary clarity to a long-running chieftaincy dispute in the Tanyigbe Traditional Area and is expected to reset the leadership landscape in the area.

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