Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, has stated that the responsibility does not lie on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, to elevate the Fiaprehene to the status of a paramount chief.
Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II explained that although the Asantehene is recognized as a paramount chief according to Ghana’s constitution, he is not entitled to appoint another paramount chief in an area beyond his jurisdiction.
“The final authority in the chieftaincy rank is the paramount chief. There is no authority beyond the paramount chief. Otumfuo is a paramount chief, so he cannot lord over another paramount chief.”
“So, I want to plead with the Fiaprehene that Otumfuo cannot make him a paramount chief. As long as I remain president of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Otumfuo cannot install a paramount chief. It is not possible. Even if the court says otherwise, I will not obey and I’m willing to go to jail for that.”
“The Fiaprehene is on Bono land, so he should come to us so that we seek forgiveness from the ancestors for him. Fiapre is not under the authority of Otumfuo. It is not Otumfuo’s blood. What I know is that he is from Denkyira and ended up at Kumasi Number 1 due to wars. I cannot make him a paramount chief.”
“The only person who can do that is the paramount chief of Dumase Number One. There are people staying elsewhere and causing trouble in Dormaa land. I have never disrespected Otumfuo, but he shouldn’t fight for what does not belong to him,” he said this while addressing his community over the weekend.