A three-member committee of the Judicial Council of the Ada Traditional Council has rules that the direct descendants of Naana Adikuor Puplampu of the Ackwerh Family of Hwakpo are the rightful and accredited kingmakers of Hwakpo.
The ruling, thus, sets the record straight that a declaration that Nene Agbasi Dzikunu Ackwerh III, having been elected and installed by the kingmakers of the Ackwerh Family of Hwakpo and the said Nene Agbasi Dzikunu, having been introduced to the Ada Traditional Council, is the only legitimate Chief of Hwakpo.
The ruling by the three-member committee of the Judicial Council of the Ada Traditional Council, chaired by Nene Agudey Obichere III, who is also the Mankralo of the Ada Traditional Area, said there was no Parallel Chief at Hwakpo as claimed by the Puplampus, the respondents.
By that the alleged installation of one Isaac Buertey Puplampu as a Parallel Chief of Hwakpo is a nullity, uncustomary and of no effect.
According to the Traditional Council, the inconsistencies in the narrations of the Puplampus, the respondents, and a suit their first respondent tendered as evidence from the Ashaiman Circuit Court, further exposed the inconsistency in their claims.
The ruling, thereby, retires a 2021 case before the Traditional Council, filed by the Ackwerhs on who the real kingmakers of Hwakpo are.
Ernest Samuel Ackwerh, Head of the family of the plaintiffs, at a brief media engagement at the Traditional Council after the ruling, said: “By this victory, we are drawing the attention of the Puplampus of Hwakpo, who don’t know the roots of their name, to the fact that they have no relationship with us.
“They know for a fact that they have no houses in Hwakpo; have no children or relatives in Hwakpo, and have never lived in Hwakpo. We entreat them to join hands with the Ackwerhs to live peacefully to build the Hwakpo community, as we have been doing before the imposters came in.
“To the self-styled chief, Isaac Buertey Puplampu, we wish to remind him that the die is cast, and the appropriate authority has, for the second time, decided who the legitimate Chief of Hwakpo is. We will not tolerate any parallel chief in Hwakpo.
“If he dares, we will deal with him by the laws of the land. We appeal to the press – both electronic and print – to cooperate with us to bring about peace, tranquility and progress to the Hwakpo community.
‘We thank the Chairman and members of the Judicial Committee for their painstaking effort to unravel the truth; the Registrar of the Ada Traditional Council and his staff; the Paramount Chief of Ada and his Secretariat, and all who in diverse ways contributed to bringing this case to finality.”
The two other members of the three-member Judicial Committee of the Ada Traditional Council were Nene Glorgo Dadebom Anim V and Nene Kpevu Blempong IV.
