A scene during the press conference
Members of the Royal Anona family of Busua in the Western Region have warned that they will not tolerate any move that has the tendency to mar the relative peace in the Ahanta Traditional Area.
According to the family members, they are the legitimate owners of the Ahanta Paramount Stool and, therefore, want peace to prevail in the area.
They indicated that their attention has been drawn to the announcement of an alleged enstoolment of a new Ahantahene with the stool name Badu Bonsoe III.
“We have to state categorically that the said enstoolment is null and void and has no legal effect,” they asserted.
Addressing a press conference at the premises of the Ahanta Traditional Council at Busua, the spokesperson for the family, Daniel Kwame Blay, said the Royal Anona family of Busua has the exclusive mandate to nominate a member of the family for enstoolment as Ahantahene.
He told journalists that on Saturday, April 2, 2023, one Kwabena Antwi, a Royal from the Afamoah section of the Anona family was nominated, confirmed and outdoored as the new Ahantahene with the stool name Otumfuo Baidoo Bonsoe XVI
He succeeds the late Otumfuo Baidoo Bonsoe XV.
“As our custom and tradition demand, both Omanpanyin and Oman Safohene, joined the enstoolment of Baidoo Bonsoe XVI.
“A week after, he was shown to the entire Busuaman and the community center at Busua with pomp and pageantry,” he indicated.
He revealed that all the necessary documents with regards to Otumfuo Baidoo Bonsoe XVI have already been forwarded to the Western Regional House of Chiefs for the necessary action to be taken and for onward submission to the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi.
Kwame Blay explained that whenever the Ahanta Paramount Stool becomes vacant, filling of the vacancy rotates among the Afamoah and Amanjaw sections of their great and revered stool.
He, however, stressed that the alleged Badu Bonsoe III is not a member of the Royal Anona family.
He stressed that none of the Ahanta Kings – from the first Baidoo Bonsoe to the 15th Baidoo Bonsoe came from the Akade family, from which the alleged Badu Bonsoe III belongs.
“Why is it that the moment the alleged Badu Bonsoe III saw the police during his purported enstoolment, he had to run away and he is still hiding?” he asked.
He said, “It was because he knew very well that his conduct breached the Public Order Act.”
The Paramount Queen Mother, Nana Sene Akuba IV, appealed to the security agencies to arrest anyone who would want to foment trouble in the area.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Busua