Asantehene Spares Apromasehene from Destoolment

The Occupant of the Golden Stool has yet again shown compassion on Nana Brobbey Nyamekye Ameyaw II, Apromasehene, sparing him of an imminent destoolment.

Presiding over the Kumasi Traditional Council meeting on February 10, 2025, the Asantehene heard how the chief violated an instruction to involve Nana Koansan II, the Queen in the sale of any stool land in the town.

This instruction was issued by the Asantehene after investigations found that Nana Brobbey was not a royal.

The Queen invoked the Great Oath against the chief and another young man he sold land to without her knowledge.

Before the Council, Nana Koansan II informed the Asantehene how her son (the chief) had refused to perform ritual rites on the black stool; had restrained himself from the Palace for the past one year; and had been avoiding her.

She also informed the Council about how the chief had reinstated some traditional elders who were destooled after being found guilty of selling a large tract of Apromase lands.

Though the Asantehene conceded that these charges demanded Nana Brobbey Nyamekye Ameyaw II’s immediate destoolment, out of compassion, His Majesty gave him another chance.

“Does he want to die on the stool or he prefers that I destool him?” Otumfuo wondered.

“I have been seeing numerous documents of lands he has been allocating to people, all bearing his fingerprint…You are the chief and you have your designated portion of proceeds from stool lands, why are you going against the agreement…I will spare him for today.”

In spite of that, he has been stripped of all duties as chief, making the Queen, the Adotenghene and the Kyeame Panin stewards of the town henceforth.

“I won’t destool him but he should stay indoors now for the Queen, the Adotenghene and the Kyeame Panin to take care of the town. He has no right over the stool properties from today. I have seen all the allocation documents he has issued and I had been endorsing all of them because I knew he had taken money from the buyers but then henceforth, I won’t be endorsing them.”

“Since I have not destooled him, he remains your son,” Otumfuo reminded the Queen.

Meanwhile, the Occupant of the Golden Stool directed her to take Kyeame Panin along to the stool room to perform the needed rites.

No Case
Among the set of cases that related to Apomase was the invocation of the Great Oath against the Queen by Nana Owusu Nyanin, Kwamohene.

The invocation was necessitated by claims that the Queen had trespassed portions of his lands.

However, the Asantehene ruled that Nana Kwamohene had no case.

Apromase Owns Asawase
In the case of Apromasehemaa and one Yaw Gyamfi, the latter had argued with the Great Oath that the Asawase was not a part of Apromase, and therefore the former had no right over it.

Otumfuo, however, affirmed that Asawase belonged to Apromase as he went back in time to explain how the misconception that Asawase was an independent traditional jurisdiction was formed.

Before the clarity, many thought the land under contention was given as possession to Serwaa Adiease, the descendants of a servant of an Asantehemaa who married Apromasehene.

However, Otumfuo noted that Serwaa Adiease moved to live in the land to seek health treatment after marrying the chief.

Her descendants multiplied and took over the land in the course of time, creating the impression that they owned it, Otumfuo explained.

“It is not an independent jurisdiction. It is a suburb of Apromase,” the Asantehene ruled.

That notwithstanding His Majesty announced plans to put in place an arrangement to sustain and legalise the occupancy of the land by the descendants of the Serwaa Adiease.

Otumfuo gave a timeline of two weeks to complete and announce the arrangement.

Designated 200-acre Land
In a separate case against the Queen, the Council heard how she had allegedly accused one Amankwaa of encroaching on a 200-acre land granted to his forefathers- the Mpianim Family- by the Asantehene and had invoked the Great Oath against him.

To resolve the dispute, the Asantehene announced plans to send surveyors to the town to demarcate the 200-acre land for peace to reign.

“I will let Apagyahene bring in surveyors to survey the 200-acre land.”

Challenge over Beneficiary of Designated 200-acre Land
The Kumasi Traditional Council was also beseeched with a case against Amankwaa, the beneficiary of the 200-designated land by Asantehene at Apromase.

After being awarded the land which was given to his forefathers, a group calling itself the Mpianim Family invoked the Great Oath to challenge his legitimacy to the land.

It is the case of the family that Amankwa used their family history and name to claim the land dubiously.

In a verdict, the Asantehene directed the Benkum Division to hear the plaintiff out.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini