Trouble mounts in Takoradi over chief's claimant to stool

Takoradi, April 3, GNA - Kingmakers (Asafohene) of Takoradi Traditional Area have called on the Judicial Service to ensure that a chieftaincy case involving Nana Busumakora III, a claimant to the Takoradi stool pending before a Sekondi High Court is dealt with expeditiously to avert any unforeseen situation.

According to the kingmakers, Nana Busumakora known in private life a= s Dr Fiifi Quayson has for a period of years carried himself as the Chief o= f Takoradi, which he is not.

Addressing a press conference in Takoradi to protest against Nana Busumakora's claim, the Safohene Korampong Whindo, flanked by his colleag= ue kingmakers said the alleged chief is not known in the circles of the Takoradi chieftaincy institution.

He said Nana Yaw Nketia, the Chief of Takoradi died some years ago a= nd nobody has succeeded him, adding that "since 1982 the stool has remained vacant". He explained that by the Takoradi tradition, when a stool is declare= d vacant, heads of royal families meet to nominate a candidate, after which=

the selected candidate goes through the necessary customary rites before being outdoored and enstoolment all with the active participation of the kingmakers. In the case of Nana Busumakora, Safohene Whindo said, he never went through these procedures and asked "wherein lies your claim to be a Chief= of Takoradi?".

He said "our point is that you are not known to have gone through al= l these as a chief, because you have not been properly nominated for you to= be classified as such, indeed there is no precedent to your pretensions of ascendancy to the throne".

Safohene Whindo stated that the "Ahanta history of Takoradi has void= in your claim of your line of succession" and challenged him to prove how he=

became the Nana Busumakora III, since the first and second never existed,=

let alone the third.

The Safohene said they have adopted this diplomatic procedure to see= k redress, but warned that if it is not addressed ,then "we will advise ourselves". The press conference was attended by majority of the youths and roya= ls in Takoradi, all wearing red bands around their wrists and foreheads, and=

carrying placards whose inscriptions called on the claimant to abdicate i= n his own interest.