The Odomase No.1 Traditional Council in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region is reportedly incensed by Fiaprehene Obrempong Professor Kyem Amponsah II’s decision to join the Asanteman Traditional Council.
According to Sunyani West chiefs, Fiaprehene Kyem Amponsah II cannot join the Asanteman Council as he is settling on their land.
During a press conference on Friday, June 29, 2024, Nana Godlonve Kwaku Boateng, the Kontirehene of Obumasi 1, stated that Obumasi was never conquered by the Ashanti Kingdom, thus Asantehene cannot install a paramount chief on their land.
He issued a stern warning to Fiaprehene Kyem Amponsah II, advising him against joining the Asanteman Council and asserting that the chief could leave their land if he chose to do so.
“He can leave for any town he wishes. He can serve anybody he wants. But he cannot take our property because he came to meet our land, which belongs to our ancestors. He should leave our land because it is for the children of Fiapre.
“I spoke to our family head and he agreed with me that the Asantehene cannot leave Asante and install a paramount chief in Fiapre because when he (the Fiaprehene) needed land to settle on, it was his (the family head’s) father who gave him the land. And so no one can live on his father’s land and serve another person,” he said in Twi.
He added, “You (Fiaprehene) are saying you are your own man and you can do what you want. But our land does not belong to the Asantehene. Obumasi is not one of the lands conquered by the Asante.”
Furthermore, Nana Yaa Adansi Puduo II, the Ohemaa of Odumasi No. 1, criticized Fiaprehene Kyem Amponsah II for what she deemed an act of ingratitude.
She emphasized that the chief’s decision to join the Asanteman Council disregarded the generosity of Odumasi’s chief and people, who had provided his ancestors with land when they had nowhere else to go.