The Queen Mother of Asuofua has berated the family of the young man who was brutally assaulted for allegedly insulting the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, over the ban on night movement during the funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa.

In a video shared on X by EDHUB on September 23, 2025, she told the family to be grateful that she was not the one who first encountered the young man.

“Be thankful to God. If I had been the one who got hold of him first, I tell you, you would have bought a coffin by now,” she said.

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Responding to claims by the family that the young man was mentally unstable, she questioned how someone considered deranged could own and operate an Android phone.

“How many mentally challenged people use Android phones? And if you claim he is mentally unstable, why did he not insult anyone else but the Asantehene?” she asked.

The late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, was laid to rest in September from Monday, September 15, 2025, to Thursday, September 18, 2025, following elaborate funeral rites marked by strict cultural observances, including a ban on night movement within Kumasi and surrounding communities.

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Watch the video below

“Be thankful to God. If I had been the one who got hold of him first, I tell you, you would have bought a coff!n by now.”

- Queen Mother of Asuofua tells family of the young man who was brutally beaten for !nsulting the Asantehene over the ban on night movement during the… pic.twitter.com/buwc33rGzk

— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) September 23, 2025