Dormaahene Osagyefo Dr. Agyemang Badu has issued a strong challenge to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, stating that he will abdicate his throne if the Fiapre Traditional Council is elevated to paramountcy.
“I challenge the Asantehene Otumfuo, as the Dormaahene and Bono president, that if he elevates the Fiapre stool to paramountcy, I will abdicate the throne given to me by the Bono people on that very day,” he declared.
The Dormaahene questioned Otumfuo’s authority to make such a decision, emphasizing that paramount chiefs hold supreme authority within their jurisdictions.
“I am not trying to undermine anyone, but the power resides in my hands, bestowed upon me by the ancestors.
“How can you make such a pronouncement while I am still alive? As for that, Asantehene, you cannot do it. What authority do you have as a manhene?”
His comments come in response to the Asantehene’s recent declaration at the Asanteman Council meeting on March 17, 2025, where he stated his intent to elevate four divisional councils in the Bono and Ahafo Regions—Nkyeraa, Fiapre, Atronie, and Menye—into paramountcy.
Addressing the council at Manhyia Palace, Otumfuo asserted his exclusive right to make such elevations.
“Nkyeraa is mine, Menye is mine. No one other than myself can elevate them. They are all mine. I will elevate those councils in Bono and Ahafo this year. I will do it. No one else but I have the sole authority to elevate them,” he stated.
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