Member of Parliament(MP) for Nsawam Adoagyiri Frank Annor Dompreh has been accused of Hypocrisy by various Factions in the ongoing Chieftaincy dispute in his Constituency.
The MP is said to be afraid of Okyehene hence is unable to publicly speak the truth in the true status of Chieftaincy in Nsawam Adoagyiri after the Okyehene and the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council last week enstooled a parallel Chief at Adoagyiri.
The enstoolment of the new Chief, Barima Adu Korkoor III, on August 19, 2023, heightened the growing tension between Akyem Abuakwa and Akyem Kotoku paramountcies over who controls Adoagyiri.
The Youth of Adoagyiri have vowed to teach the MP a lesson.
The Nsawam youth from the side of the Kotoku Traditional Area averred that the installation of Barima Adu Korkor III was illegal and had the tendency to create serious insecurity in Adoagyiri if the authorities showed no concern about the matter.
“What they have done, they want to turn Adoagyiri into Bawku. We will resist them because Okyenhene thinks his cousin is the President so can do anything. We will fight back,” the leader of the youth group, Barima Nana Arkoh Frimpong, declared.
The Chiefs of Adoagyiri addressing a press conference at Adoagyiri Cocoa Park, spokesman Odehyekronkron Nana Kwabena Agyapong stated that the people of Adoagyiri had lived in peace and harmony without any hitches or scuffles since the enstoolment of Okoanadwo Afutu Dompreh II as Chief of Adoagyiri and Ankobeahene of Akyem Kotoku Traditional some fifteen years ago.
They wondered why they have had a Chief for over 15 years only for the Okyehene to pop up last week claiming to own the Nsawam Adoagyiri land.
The Chief said the Okyehene marked the 15th Odwira Festival and the Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration of the enstoolment of Okoanadwo Afutu Dompreh II, which took place on February 18, this year.
It was therefore surprising for them that Okyehene was claiming ownership of the stool and has gone ahead to enstool another Chief last week.
The MP has kept mute while violence is unleashed in his territory.
According to the Nsawam Adoagyiri Palace, The Ankobea Division of Akim Kotoku, headed by Dompreh, the first Chief of Adoagyiri predated the 1860s.
They continued that the founding of Nsawam by the Ankobea section of Kotoku was a direct result of the differences between Dompreh, the Ankobeahene of Akim Kotoku, and Agyemang, the Akim Kotoku King, following the Kotoku-Abuakwa war of 1860.
“Unable to tolerate his King, Dompreh withdrew with his subjects to settle at Nsawam. Under no circumstance did Dompreh or any of his successors switch their allegiance to another King, apart from the Akim Kotoku Traditional Council,” The Adoagyiri Chief’s spokesman emphasised.
