Odehyee Kwame Ntiamoah from the Dwumana royal family of Adoagyiri, has been installed as Chief of Adoagyiri, with the stool name Barima AduKorkor III.
He was carried shoulder high and paraded through the principal streets of Adoagyiri, to announce his installation over the weekend.
He swore the oath of allegiance to OsabarimaOkogyeamanApagyaFori, Apapamhene and Amantuomiensahene of Akyem Abuakwa, under whose jurisdiction Adoagyiri town falls.
Present at the ceremony were the Abontendomhene and Chief ofKyebi, Osabarima Marfo Kwabrane; the Apedwahene, Osabarima Frimpong Manso; the Amanfromhene, Barima Ofosuhene Apenteng; the Asikamhene, Osabarima Owusu Aduomi and the Sagyimasehene, Barima Obotuo Dankwa.
The event attracted a huge gathering of people from Akyem Abuakwa.
There has been tension in the Adoagyiri town, following the installation of George Twum as Chief of the town, under the stool name OkoanadwoAfutuDompre, who says he owes allegiance to Akyem Kotoku.
The Kotoku Traditional Council, in a letter dated February 23, 2023 warned the Okyenhene to stay away from Adoagyiri lands, claiming that the Adoagyiri stool doubles as Ankobeahene of Akyem Kotoku.
These claims were denied by the State Secretary of Akyem Abuakwa State, Mr. D.M Ofori-Atta, who maintains that Adoagyiri has at all material times been part of Akyem Abuakwa.
He indicated that Barima AduKorkor II, who died in the year 2007, was one of the most dedicated and longest reigning chiefs of Akyem Abuakwa.
According to him, records indicate that all successive Adoagyiri Chiefs have been part of the Akyem Abuakwa State Council and that the Kotoku citizens, just as other ethnic communities. are settlers and have been granted the right, and have no allodial right to any land at Adoagyiri.
The Akyem Abuakwa State hinted that they will not secede an inch of their land or tolerate any customary violations within their territory, and warning that any such infringement will have consequences.
The tension was further aggravated by the murder of Odehyee Kwame Sarkodie, a member of the Dwumana Royal family on July25, 2023.
The installation of Barima Adu Korkor III cements the resolve of the chiefs and People of Akyem Abuakwa State to protect their territory.
The Dwumana Royal family, at the ceremony, called on the police to expedite action on the investigation into the murder of Odehyee Kwame Sarkodie and ensure that justice prevails.
