The Oshiahene of Osu Kinkawe, Nii Nortey Adumuah IV, says he has not received any suspension letter from the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase, describing the alleged action as illegal.
The Osu Kinkawe Dzaase recently issued a statement suspending three persons indefinitely from the Dzaase for allegedly attempting to install a non-royal as the Osu Mantse.
The persons suspended are the Oshiahene of Osu Kinkawe, Nii Nortey Adumuah IV of the Adjuate House, the Head of Family of the Adjuate House, Nii Ashong Omaboe and the Head of Family of the Teinor House, Nii Akwei Addo.
In the letter addressed to the Oshiahene, Nii Adumuah IV said that he falsely held himself as the Dzaase of Osu and “wrote a letter to the police, purportedly on behalf of the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase on a false Osu Kinkawe Dzaase letterhead seeking the police assistance to install Osu Mnatse”.
The letter further stated that the Oshiahene and his Head of Family at the Adjuate House then purportedly enstooled one Bernard Nortey Botchway, whom the letter said, does not hail from any of the two royal families, the Owuo Family or the Dowuona Family as the Osu Mantse, contrary to the customs and traditions of Osu, in January 2022.
“Your conduct is subversive to the Osu Stool and the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase, which has brought the Osu Stool, the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase and the entire Osu Traditional Area and Authority into disrepute,” the letter stated.
However, in an interview, Nii Adumuah, denied receiving any suspension letter.
According to him, it is wrong for Nii Atsen to take such an action because there are four Dzaases emanating from four ruling houses who come together to enstool an Osu Mantse.
“For a Dzaase to be suspended, it should be a majority decision and not just a few Minority groups to take such a decision,” he said.
He, therefore, described the alleged suspension as “out of place and unwarranted”
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