A scene during the conference
Following a judgment by the Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs (NHC) declaring the enstoolment of Nana Bonsu Ayirepe from the Bretuo family as Kwahu Pepeasehene as null and void, the town has no chief.
The town is part of the Kwahu Paramountcy in the Eastern Region.
Due to that, the Tweneasehene of the Kwahu Paramountcy has taken over the palace as preparations are underway to present a nominee to be installed as the chief of the town.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in reaction to the NHC ruling, the Bretuo-Abusuapanin of Pepease, Opanin Kwaku Agyapong has announced that his outfit in consultation with the family members will present a nominee to contest for the Pepease stool.
According to Opanin Kwaku Agyapong, they accept the decision of the House of Chiefs which says Nana Bonsu Ayirepe wasn’t rightfully nominated, and so he should be re-nominated and presented to the
Queenmother, Nana Oforiwah Pokua, who is also the Kyidomhemaa of the Kwahu Traditional Area, who will then present him to the kingmakers, to follow the process as prescribed by Akan custom.
Opanin Kwaku Agyapong further refutes the claims that Nana Bonsu is not a royal to occupy the Pepease stool.
He also clarified that there is no tribe known as the “Santase clan” at Pepease who are mandated to occupy the stool as speculated.
The Bretuo-Abusuapanin, who was flanked by family members and other elders of Pepease during the press conference, was reacting to the ruling by the National House of Chiefs which says Nana Bonsu wasn’t rightfully nominated to be installed as the chief of Kwahu Pepease, following controversies surrounding his installation after holding the position for the past seven years.
Opanin Kwaku Agyapong noted that Nana Bonsu Ayirepe is a royal from the Bretuo clan, who was rightfully nominated and endorsed by the kingmakers before he was installed as the chief of the area.
BY Daniel Bampoe