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Riot in Kwahu-Abene over enstoolment of Prof. Badu Akosa as Chief

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  • Okwahubour, NYC 6 years ago

    Kwahus are not used to this scenes. Why can't Kwaku Asiedu and company come clean? They should give it to the deserving candidate family without any dirty deals that will taint our reputation. All our elders agree this riotin ...
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  • bj 6 years ago

    IF THIS IS HAPPENING ONE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IT IS NORMAL BUT IF IT IS NORTH THEN.....COMMENTS WILL SWALLOW THE STORY.

  • James Mahmoud Awotwe-Braun 6 years ago

    My friend, people talk about the North because they will kill and behead others in North during chieftaincy dsiputes.

    In the whole history of Kwahu, nothing of that sort has happened, so you cannot compare protest with ki ...
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  • bj 6 years ago

    IDIOT RIGHT FRM BRONG AHAFO 2 UR VILLAGE I CAN GIVE EG OF KILLINGS FRM TUOBODOM 2 ALAVANYO, ACCRA THERE, SO SHUT UP

  • USA NANA 6 years ago

    James how do you understands war do you think we go to war to eat our prepared dankansere soup and fufu? No war is about killing beheading destructions and may more.All die be die has erupted in Kwahu since they are affiliate ...
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  • HOT 6 years ago

    U R INTELLEGENT 4 UR ANSWER

  • Akosua 6 years ago

    Haaahaaa haaahaa you are funny

  • Big 6 years ago

    If it had happened elsewhere many would have been killed and houses burnt. That is the difference! You get it?

  • BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS 6 years ago

    CALLS TO VARIOUS KWAHU TOWNS CONFIRM THE USUAL PEACE. NO SUCH RIOTING AS REPORTED. IN THE AGE OF MOBILE PHONES & WHATSAPP, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN FOOTAGE. ACCORDING TO RELIABLE FAMILY SOURCES, ABETIFIHENE NANA ASIEDU AGYEMAN HAS ...
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  • Kaaji 6 years ago

    Because you guys act foolishly.

  • James Osei Kofi 6 years ago

    My brother think deep!

  • PATRIOT 6 years ago

    AKOSA SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. WHY DOES HE GET HIMSELF INVOLVED IN CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS AT ALL ? HE COULD NOT HELP GHANA THRU D CPP. DOES HE THINK HE CAN HELP GHANA BY BECOMING A DISPUTED CHIEF ?

    THEY DO NOT LIKE U. SO J ...
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  • Kofi Akyempong nana 6 years ago

    Okwahubour what do you know about the chieftancy in kwahu especially Abene. the stool is for Etena and Bretuo clan of kwahu and not asante mampong.Our forfathers immigrated from Asanta Manpong, and that does not give Akosa th ...
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  • Okwahubour, NYC 6 years ago

    How dare you try to cut us off from our roots? The Jew who migrated from Russia and the Jew from Egypt are one and the same. In Akan institutions, the matrilineal lineage is decisive and not place. If Prof Akosah is a Bretuni ...
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  • Eric. 6 years ago

    I've been enlighten a bit abt your submission.

  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Do you really know the history, then let's finish it up. First of all Akosa's did not imposed on the people of Abene but rather they went for him. and it wasn't an easy decision for to take. Your confused Queen Mother Adwoa G ...
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  • K. MANU 6 years ago

    I am wondering why other tribes in Ghana cannot learn from the Ashantis when it comes to electing their paramount king. The Ga people are still struggling and fight over who should be recognized as the Ga Mantse, and the Kwah ...
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  • Agyemang Prempeh 6 years ago

    Have the Asantis finished with the Kumawu two chiefs? Even the Asanti kingdome stool had only 2 persons to choose from, thats Akwasi Agyeman and current Otumfour and it was easy guess what?!!! Do you know how many disputes O ...
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  • Cindy B 6 years ago

    All Die be die kill yourselves idiotic brothers of the asante dwarfs. Clean Ghana off these breed of subhumans..

  • BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS 6 years ago

    CALLS TO DIFFERENT TOWNS IN KWAHU IN THE WAKE OF THIS REPORT CONFIRMS THE USUAL PEACE IN OUR MOUNTAIN PARADISE ON EARTH. IT'S ABETIFIHENE WHO IS LEADING OPPOSITION AGAINST PROF. AKOSA & TRY TO RAISE TENSION. NO SUCH RIOTS ANY ...
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  • CornerStone 6 years ago

    Thanks this time around it is not in the North.

  • KK 6 years ago

    Don't wish it is happening elsewhere, and not in the North.
    It should not happen at all.
    In any case peaceful disagreement is better.
    Kwahus are peaceful and are among some of the finest tribes in Ghana.

  • Nana 6 years ago

    Professor Akosa is from Asante Mampong. How can he become chief of Kwahu

  • Kofi Adu 6 years ago

    Please know your history. Have you ever heard of Akuamoah Panin and Ketewa? Do you know the traditional ties between Asante Mampong and Abene? How about Nana Oti Boateng who is from Asante Juaben but who happens to be the Kof ...
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  • Nana 6 years ago

    Kofi Adu, but Koforidua is the capital of New Juaben, which is part of Old Juabeng. New Juabeng has and is part of Asante Confederacy, and part of Asanteman Council. Old and new Juabeng are one people, one stool and New Juabe ...
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  • Fuzie 6 years ago

    The father is from Asante Mampong but not sure about the mother. Akans are matrilineal, the mother might be a royal from kwahu.

  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Think before you make a comment.especially if you don't know the Kwahu history. Yes Professor Skoda is not from Kwahu but the Kwahu paramount stool was brought from Mampong by Mampon Agyei who occupied the first Paramount sto ...
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  • KDD 6 years ago

    The first paramount chief of Kwawu was Nana Baadu 1 of Bukuruwa. The paramountcy was stolen from him through the connivance of Abetifi and Abene. The chickens are just coming home to roost. Those who know Kwawu history will k ...
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  • Calvary 6 years ago

    Ashantis have lots of territories. They rule even a whole new juaben in the eastern region.
    How much more kwahu?
    Watch Ashanti mafias

  • Agyemang Badu 6 years ago

    It extend to even Cote D'Ivoire, also there are a lot of inter marriages so evey Akan belong to any part of Akanland

  • ME MAN NTI 6 years ago

    You are a fool. Most Akans are Ashantis so they are scattered all over all the 5 Akan regions including parts of the Volta region. Learn Ghana history so you don't be naive. Ashanti was a kingdom and then became a nation b ...
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  • Okyeame Yaw Mensah 6 years ago

    The history I know tells of the Kwahus moving out of Ashanti for two reasons. 1-they were to cover the flanks of Ashanti Kingdom from constant attacks by Dahomean raids. It was a huge task involving bravery and hence the name ...
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  • OKOROMANSA 6 years ago

    THAT IS A VERY GOOD ACCOUNT, WELL DONE ABRAMPA, BUT YOU COULD AKE THE STORY MORE COMPLETE.

  • Kaku 6 years ago

    What of his mother is from kwahu

  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Go and study Kwahu and Ghana Chieftaincy Gazette and find out how many indiginous Kwahu's has inherited the Abene and the Kwahumanhene stool. And anyway it is Abenehene who usually takes it.

  • Chuks, Nima 6 years ago

    Prof., leave your backward people to continue to live in their pathetic abject poverty. It's no use trying to clothe the naked man who sees himself in kente.

  • BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS 6 years ago

    THERE IS NO RIOTING IN KWAHU. THIS IS FAKE NEWS. CALLS TO VARIOUS TOWNS CONFIRM OUR USUAL PEACE. IT'S ABETIFIHENE WHO HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED PRESS CONFERENCE TO RAISE OPPOSITION TO PROF. AKOSA'S ENSTOOLMENT BY ABENE KINGMAK ...
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  • kwadwo Asante 6 years ago

    Maybe it is his father who is from Mampong and NoT the mother. Since akans inherit matrilineally, he may be qualified to be enstooled

  • Okwahubour, NYC 6 years ago

    Mampong Agyei led Kwahu to Abene. Daasebre Osei Bonsu was the the one who buried his brother Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng. Ashantis from Mampong and Kwahus are inseparable kins. We should know that Ashanti was never happy with ...
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  • AZAA 6 years ago

    Were the Invicible Forces there ? If not the Delta Ones should be brought there

  • Ansah 6 years ago

    This is not about NPP. Why not bring in the Azorka boys who have been dormant for some months now?

  • Commey Evans 6 years ago

    Kandahar boys and Boga bulldogs who are all affiliated with the NPP will be sent there. delta force and the invincible forces are too small to handle the issue here.

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  • obuoba 6 years ago

    AKOSA IS NOT 100% KWAHU

  • Hubert Akrong 6 years ago

    NO DOUBT LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS. PLEASE WE NEED PEACE. SOME GOOD MAY COME OUT OF AKOSA

  • Hubert Akrong 6 years ago

    NO DOUBT LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS. PLEASE WE NEED PEACE. SOME GOOD MAY COME OUT OF AKOSA

  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Those Okwahu people who y saying that the Professor is not from Kwahu, should first learn the Kwahu history. Where did the Paramount stool come from. For their Information it's come from Mampong/ Seniaga in Ashanti by the gre ...
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  • Kofi 6 years ago

    These Ashantis.
    Hmmm

  • Dog meat factory idiot 6 years ago

    Don't mind the foolish northerners. We the Kwahus eat better bat meat and that has made us more sensible. Foolish pepeni idiot. Even Bawumia is an idiot and will never lead our party. No foolish northerner will be president i ...
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  • NANA BONSU 6 years ago

    Why bring Bawumia in here. Shame on you the guy is more intelligent than you and has tons of common sense. Ofui.

  • Okponglo Guy 6 years ago

    Provoking people to insult Akans. NPP loves Bawumia and Northerners.

  • SAEED UMAR ISSAH 6 years ago

    intelligence
    God bless you.

  • OPANIN PAPA.( NEW JERSEY, USA) 6 years ago

    Prof.. Agyemang Badu AKOSA as I know is the son of Former DC AKOSA of MAMPONG Benim. His Mother is Yaa Nsuo from Royal Tena Bretuo of ASANTE MAMPONG. If my memory is right, he was among the royals who contested the Silver St ...
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  • Okyeame Yaw Mensah 6 years ago

    The migration trajectory of the Ashantis south east brought them first to Kwahu and then to Koforidua, New Juaben. The Kwahus were offered protection with the signing of the bond of 1844 by the British and thereby, separated ...
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  • nana 6 years ago

    Abandon chieftancy and Ghana would be on the right path for development

  • Azumah Nelson 6 years ago

    These stupid traditions

  • Cindy B 6 years ago

    Fool that is what you are if your tradition is stupid but british royalty isnt.

  • Alex nyamaa 6 years ago

    yes prof is from Ashanti mampong

  • bill - Internationalman 6 years ago

    I am sorry, but this acting chief needs the free SHS to move on in life,he is such a dumm to be talking like that.

  • shalibu 6 years ago

    masa if you don't respect your tradition, we respect ours so stay calm

  • Kanokware 6 years ago

    No wonder Ghana is backward. Nothing is done right. I have said a number of times that the chieftancy institution has outlived its usefulness and must done away with. Look at the British system which is well organized with a ...
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  • Coach 6 years ago

    The fact that Kwawus migrated from Mampong-Agona area does not mean we are Ashantis. They (Ashantis) like all Akan tribes migrated from Bono (Takyiman) does that make them Bonos?Kwawu was a different Akan tribe that migrated ...
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  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Uneducated ignoracy always breed useless arguements. Akosa's linage is linked to Abene stool. And why did the people of Abene decided to go back to root in the first place? (1) for learly 50 years of Daasebre kuamoah Boateng ...
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  • Kwaku Bio 6 years ago

    Pardon my unsolicited intrusion. You are so so so wrong about your right. Please go back to read on your culture, without an europeanised spices.

    Asante is not a nation. It is a confederacy. The nations in that Confederac ...
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  • O.K 6 years ago

    Ghana chieftaincy institutions are not well organised.All it's given problems to the ruling government.So fellow Ghanaians why ban this stupid institution and make Ghana free.

  • Osei 6 years ago

    It doesn't matter my brothers and sisters we don't need prof Akosa period! I'm from Kwahu Twenedurase. If we allow Ashantis to imposed him on us we will regret forever. Yes it could be true that there might be long historic ...
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  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    It was the pain and suffering of the Kwahu people that prompted the elders and citizens of Abene to say YE SAN AKO YAKYI..

  • Osei 6 years ago

    Mass stop that silly thing, Akosa don't come from Modern Kwahu. Can you show me where his parents or family house located in Kwahu?. Enough with Ashantis mentality of domination. We are talking about two things here Kwahu ...
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  • AKOFENA 6 years ago

    Osei it is not a matter of asante domination but rather setting matters straight historically.Where are Kwahus from in the first place?You are from Asante Mampong and therefore owes allegiance to the stool there.I personally ...
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  • Kwaku Boateng 6 years ago

    This is the fault of the Queen, and very sad my father is not alive this would have never happened

  • Phillip Tadieh 6 years ago

    To the best of my knowledge, his dear father was from Mampong Ashanti. His Mum could be a Kwahu.

  • Kwame Ansong 6 years ago

    Akosa is not a kwafu and as I kwahu I don't think I'm ready for a scam .
    I think the elders are becoming mad.
    I don't understand why a trickster will be given this position . Kwahus shouldn't be cheap.

  • GEORGE KINGSLEY ASAMOA, TAIFA, ACCRA 6 years ago

    I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK PROF AKOSAH OF A LL PEOPLE WOULD ASCEND A STOOL WHICH DOES NOT CONNECT HIM. THE TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF GHANA TRAVERSES BOUNDARIES. AS KWAHUS, WE MUST LEARN TO APPRECIATE GOOD THINGS. A PERSON OF THE ...
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  • Onipa Mpe Ade Pa London 6 years ago

    Kwahu has been cheap for more than 50 years of Daasebre kuamoah Boateng's rules. if you were a proud and a serious thinker during his time may I asked what did you to prove that or are you just a critique who criticized for c ...
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  • OKOROMANSA 6 years ago

    NO MATTER THE SITUATION, KWAHU PEOPLE HARDLY FIGHT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE HEARD NEWS ABOUT FIGHTING IN KWAHU, NEVER! WHOEVER INSTALLED THAT AGYEMAN BADU AKOSAH SHOULD GO BACK TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WE KWAHUS DON'T FI ...
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  • AK 6 years ago

    But who was born to fight? Situations lead people to fight, at least to the best of my knowledge. This current situation, if not properly handled, could lead to fighting. Liberia was arguably the most peaceful country in west ...
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  • KK 6 years ago

    This is not good for Kwahu, my 2nd homeland

  • BREAKING NEWS....BREAKING NEWS 6 years ago

    REPORTS FROM THE HOMEFRONT ONLY SPEAK OF TENSIONS RAISED BY ACTING OMANHENE AND ABETIFIHENE, NANA ASIEDU AGYEMAN, WHO IS NOT HAPPY WITH PROF. AGYEMAN BADU AKOSA'S ENSTOOLMENT BY ABENE KINGMAKERS. NOTHING LIKE RIOTING ANYWHERE ...
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  • KDD 6 years ago

    The first paramount chief of Kwawu was Nana Baadu 1 of Bukuruwa. The paramountcy was stolen from him through the connivance of Abetifi and Abene. The chickens are just coming home to roost. Those who know Kwawu history will k ...
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  • concerned citizen 6 years ago

    Kwahu Abene is the cradle of Okwahuman.The first settlers from Asante Mampong settled there and by tradition owes allegiance to the Asante Mampong paramountcy.If that is the story then Prof Akosa's installation as chief of Ab ...
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  • AGYA MIREKU, NKWATIA 6 years ago

    IN AKAN TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS, THE DNA FROM OUR MOTHERS' SIDES DECIDE ON INHERITANCE OR TRACING LINEAGE. AS EXPRESSED BY SOME CONTRIBUTORS ABOVE, WE KWAHUS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM ASANTE MAMPONG. THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT MAINTAIN ...
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  • Nana Kwame Ampadu Akyeampong,KNUST. 6 years ago

    The late Kwahu Hene Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng 11 died on 7th sept 2013 not sept 2014.

  • Nana Kwame Ampadu Akyeampong,KNUST. 6 years ago

    The so called illegal prof akosa is from Asanti-Mampong not from kwahu. Besides asanti mampong is a paramountcy under Otumfour(Asantehene) but the Okwahuhene is under no king,paramount chief,chief or any traditional area that ...
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  • Nana Kwame Ampadu Akyeampong,KNUST. 6 years ago

    The right person to be consulted is the Daabenhene of Abene-kwahu. He knows the right channel and the legal owner of the stool....He is the caretaker of the palace....

  • Nana Kwame Ampadu Akyeampong,KNUST. 6 years ago

    so funny

  • OKOROMANSA 6 years ago

    BADU AKOSAH MUST BE ADVISED TO CONCENTRATE ON HIS POLITICAL WORK AND ALSO AS A PATHOLOGIST AND QUIT CHIEFTANCY. HE IS A CPP PRODUCT AND SO HE MSUT WORK TO REVIVE THE CPP INSTEAD OF DABBLING IN TRADITIONAL MATTERS. WOE BETIDE ...
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  • Yaw Brenya an Abene citizen at New Yo 6 years ago

    Abetifi Chief is an idiot
    Nobody from Abetifi will ever occupy Abene stool. We the Abene citizens will make our choice. Abene Mampong and Heidiem are the same. All Abene chiefs come from Ashanti except the notorious Kofi Aky ...
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  • Yaw Brenya an Abene citizen at New Yo 6 years ago

    Asiedu chief of Abetifi should be arrested for incited riot. It has been a pattern of Abetifi people beaten up citizens of Abene since 1950's. Again Abene people don't interfere with the chieftancy of Abetifi. Nana Addo shoul ...
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