"Pride goes before a fall" Some of the Kumawu royals have assumed unqualified air of

superiority since the demise of Barimah Asumadu Sakyi II, the late paramount chief

of Kumawuman. One of such royals is Ronnie who intentionally or otherwise, crashed

his car into a group of people on Thursday 3rd November 2011, killing one Kofi

Dadzie instantly. Ronnie saunters through the streets of Kumawu with some ignorant

people rising to their feet when he passes to give him obeisance. The undue respect

people accord him has gone into his head so much so that he sees everybody in Kumawu

as a Mr/Mrs Nobody to him.



Ronnie for the very absurd reason of someone dancing with his wife at a newly opened

pub (beer bar) has sent Kofi Dadzie to his premature death. Good people never live

long in this evil world so was it with Kofi Dadzie. I understand he was such a good

person who would never hurt a fly let alone, harm a human being. He was friendly and

loved anyone he came across with, either young or old. He accorded people respect

and was fair, friendly but firm. He was almost the only royal among the Ankaases who

was not enthusiastic about the idea of the Ankaases unduly monopolizing the Kumawu

paramount royalty.



Why should such a nice person who stood for equality and justice among the various

Kumawu royal houses suffer that painful sudden death? I cannot get my head around

the circumstances leading to his premature death. There should be more to it than

the known momentary madness by Ronnie. There is more to it than meets the eye or

meets logical conclusions. Could there not be some spiritual explanations seeing

that Kofi was of very different mindset to the whole chieftaincy fracas as opposed

to the insatiably greedy holistic view ascribed to by the entire Ankaases?



Kumawuhemaa must be very careful about her revolting obstinate mannerism to handling

the chieftaincy affairs. Her frequent visits to fetish shrines in the hope of

reversing God's resolute determination to ensuring the throne goes to its rightful

owners may carry its own dire consequences.



Anyway, Kofi Dadzie was such a lovely vivacious person with impressive charm on

those he met. He was a pupil of both Kumawu Roman Catholic primary school and Local

Authority (L/A) Middle School from the early 1960's to early 1970's, I am told.



May I please paraphrase Antonio in the hope of paying tribute to the fallen

admirable royal of Kumawu? I come to bury Dadzie, not to praise him. The evil that

men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones; so let it be

with Dadzie."



Should the bereaved and injured families let Ronnie off the hook? That is for the

Courts to decide. Was Ronnie not sober? If yes, was the alcohol on his breath above

the drink-drive limit? I wonder why these royals allow sheer doubtful jealousy of

their sexual partners having affairs push them to commit murder. A few months ago,

it was one Kwabena Anane. Today it is Ronnie, the direct nephew of the late Barimah

Asumadu Sakyi II, the paramount chief of Kumawuman. For more details refer to my

article published on Ghanaweb on Friday 4th November 2011 under the Regional News

and captioned " Kumawu Royal Kills one person and Critically Injures Six others"



John Fosu