Machomen Attack Adankwame

SEVERAL INNOCENT people at Adankwame, near Kumasi in the Ashanti region, have been wounded by some macho men who are said to be raiding the area in recent times.

Most of the victims of these macho men are people who are loyal to Nana Kwaku Nsiah, who claims to be the Asantehene’s Gyasihene of the Bantama ‘Baamu’ and the rightful caretaker of the Adankwame lands for Otumfuo.

Narrating the incident to DAILY GUIDE, Nana Nsiah alleged that one Madam Abena Agyeman, whom he had a protracted land tussle with at the Asantehene’s palace, was sponsoring the hoodlums to attack his supporters without any provocation.

He disclosed that the Adankwame land dispute dated back to several decades; however he was adjudged the rightful owner of the Adankwame lands when the matter was brought before the late Otumfuo, Opoku Ware II in 1988.

According to him, his opponents, who were declared losers, were not content with the Asantehene’s ruling so they were still contesting the matter at the Manhyia Palace.

Nana Nsiah noted that instead of waiting for Otumfuo to rule on the matter, his opponents had chosen to engage macho men to terrorize him and his loyalists.

He alleged that innocent people who had done no wrong had been butchered by these macho men who are led by one CD, however, all efforts being made to get these men arrested had proved futile.

Nana Nsiah noted that aside causing severe injuries to people, including women, the macho men had also caused massive destruction to properties running into several billions of old Ghana cedis.

He claimed that his factory and houses belonging to him and most of his loyalists in the area had been burnt down by the gangsters but nothing had been done to the perpetrators.

Nana Nsiah also alleged that the macho men forcibly took over his 140 acre orange farm about two years ago and had been selling the farm’s produce to enrich themselves.

He has however appealed to government to let the law prevail, noting that despite his numerous reports to the police, no arrest had been made in connection with the attacks in the area.

Nana Nsiah said the unlawful behavior of the macho men was causing fear among his followers and so most of them had fled the town to avert being hurt.

He said all he wanted was for government to be fair by allowing justice to prevail in the matter, disclosing that it was unlawful for any citizen of the land to take the law into his hands by attacking other people with offensive weapons.