Nii Ashitey Akomfra III
The Teshie Mantse and President of the Teshie Traditional Council, Gbestsoolo Nii Ashitey Akomfra III, has debunked rumours by some persons within the Teshie Traditional Area that Teshie Traditional Council is not a legitimate body.
On Friday, November 24, 2023, a group of persons clad in white paraded the streets of Teshie to announce the destoolment of the Teshie Mantse by the National House of Chiefs.
Nii Akomfra III has however described the rumour as false and mischievous.
At a press briefing at the Teshie Traditional Council, Gbestsoolo Nii Ashitey Akomfra III stated that last Friday, the Judicial Council of the National House of Chiefs delivered a straightforward judgment on an appeal made by him against the ruling by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs over a decision in an application to strike out a petition in Suit No. GARHC.5/2019 for lack of capacity and forgery.
He stated that he is still in office as the Teshie Mantse and the President of Teshie Traditional Council, and has never been destooled by the National House of Chiefs as being alleged.
He said the National House of Chiefs affirmed the ruling of the Regional House of Chiefs and therefore dismissed the appeal, paving way for the matter to continue at the Regional House of Chiefs in Dodowa.
The judgment by the National House of Chiefs, according to him, cannot be misconstrued as a destoolment order “against a Chief whose name has already been entered into register of National House of Chiefs.”