Violence erupts in Kwahu Abetifi as youth foil destoolment attempt
An attempt to destool the Acting President of the Kwahu Traditional Area/Abetifihene, Nana Akyemfour Asiedu Agyemang III, turned violent leading to countless number of people sustaining various degrees of injury.
Some young men pretending to be National Security Operatives, led by one Obaapanyin Yaa Asantewaa, posing as the Abrewatia of Kwahu stormed the area and forcibly held Nana Akyemfour Asiedu Agyemang III in an attempt to destool him.
Reports indicate that the fake National Security Officers who were armed to the teeth, escorted Yaa Asantewaa to the Abetifi Palace, where they detained Nana Akyemfour Asiedu Agyemang III, and transferred him to an older palace nearby, where she performed traditional rites to destool him.
The youth who got wind of this were angered by this coup and mobilised themselves stormed the Palace I’m which their chief was being held to free him.
The impostors upon capture were subjected to severe beatings with machetes and other weapons, causing them bodily harm.
Traditional leaders in Abetifi immediately took action by performing traditional rites, officially reaffirming Akyemfour Asiedu Agyemang III as the chief and reinstating him at the main Abetifi Palace.
Calm has been restored in the area following the intervention of the police, military, and Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Hon. Bryan Acheampong.
