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The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed disappointment in Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, Bantamahene, for his implication in multiple disputes, eroding peace in some communities. Otumfuo reckons that he shouldn’t have any business in any of the communities in question. At the Kumasi Traditional Council sitting on March 13, 2025, Baffour was summoned before the King after a Committee report on Adanwomase dispute over the community’s deity, was heard. Before the Council, he was slapped […]
Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, Bantamahene, has less than a week to produce the deity Asare Bediako to Sumankwaahene. He is to retrieve and hand over the Tano deity at Adanwomase before Monday, March 17, 2025, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has ordered. The Asantehene gave an earlier order for the Bantamahene to go get the deity which was allegedly stolen from its abode by one of the factions laying claim to it. During the Kumasi Traditional Council meeting on March […]
The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has set up three committees to look into multiple claims of land annexation against Nana Kontomere Kwame Frimpong Ababio, Yabehene. Traditional leaders from at least ten different jurisdictions accuse him of unlawfully seizing land and appointing caretakers (Dikro) in those areas. The affected parties include Asafohene, Twediehene, Didahene, Otumfuo Buabasa, Mpataasiehene, Atwima Foasehene, Apemanimhene, Toasehene, Atwima Kwanwomahene, Trabuomhene, and Adomanyahene. Each of these individuals was given the opportunity to present […]
The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has given an instruction for all dikro appointments by Nana Kontomere Kwame Frimpong Ababio, Yabehene, in disputed areas to be annulled immediately. This means all traditional caretakers appointed in various areas by the chief will have to cease holding themselves up as such until a verdict is pronounced on the dispute which has been forwarded to Committees. Traditional leaders from at least ten different jurisdictions accused him of unlawfully seizing […]
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has directed the Queen of Monwire, Obaapanin Agyaponmaa Konadu, to step aside in the process of selecting a candidate for the vacant male stool. The Family Head, Opanin Kwabena Ofori has been mandated to lead the traditional process to elect a candidate. This directive was given on March 13, 2025, during the Kumasi Traditional Council meeting at the Manhyia Palace. “Let the family choose a candidate for you while you sit aside and remain on […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has counselled the deposed queen of Bechem-Tanoso, Amponsah Boah, to remain calm as processes advance to select a candidate to occupy the male stool. The feuding factions presented their “Dibim” to the Asantehene on March 13, 2025, during a Kumasi Traditional Council meeting after an amicable resolution of the dispute on Monday. While accepting the plea, Otumfuo directed the family head to lead the process of selecting a candidate for […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated that the prominence of a black stool depends on the actions of its occupant. According to the Monarch, there is nothing like an inferior stool. “There is nothing like a minor stool. It all depends on you. What you do on the stool will either make it honourable or not. Service elevates a stool.” This counsel was directed at the chief of Manso Keniago, Nana Obeng Mensah Ababio, […]
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has ruled that Obaapanin Amponsah Boah II’s position as Queen of Bechem-Tanoso is void. This renders her positionless and the stool vacant. The Asantehene delivered this ruling on March 10, 2025, at the Kumasi Traditional Council where a committee report on a dispute over the position of the reigning queen was reviewed. DisputeThe disputing factions in the case were the self-proclaimed Queen, Amponsah Boah II and the deceased family head, Opanyin Aboagye Pesewu- who initiated […]
The custom and tradition of the Asante Kingdom permit a chief or queen to select a proxy to undertake his or her official duties when unable to perform due to specific circumstances such as incapacitation. However, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Occupant of the Golden Stool, has affirmed that the power of the proxy in acting on behalf of the traditional leader ends when the ruler dies.Unless the chief or queen deposed herself while sick, the proxy cannot continue to […]
The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has given Nana Opoku Duben II, Adwumfuohene, the nod to keep his black stool. The ruling comes after the Family Head of Adumasa beseeched the Asantehene about Adwumfuohene’s invasion and plundering of the stool the same day he took the oath of allegiance. “Nana we all came here the last time for the oath of allegiance of Adwumfuohene. Right from here, he sent a car full of policemen, military men […]
