The Volta Regionional Police Command has invited a claimant in the Aflao chieftaincy dispute, Togbui Awunor Detu Afla for questioning over attempts to outdoor him as the new divisional chief of the area.
It was reported on Wednesday that tension was building up in the area following reports of attempts to outdoor a new divisional chief for Aflao, Togbui Afla, while the old chief, Amenya Adzonugaga Fiti V is threatening mayhem and insisting that he remains the overlord of the area.
[contextly_sidebar id=”S116s2igPhOJWQxxOzrQdl9dL3PuESHQ”]Speaking to Citi news, spokesperson for Togbui Awunor Detu Afla, Togbui Boni said the invitation by the police is to allow them tell their side of the story.
“I learnt the regional commander wants to know what exactly is happening, because he has been listening to Fiti’s side. He [police commander] has not seen him [Torgbui Afla], he does not know what his side is so I think that is the situation,” he added.
Togbui Boni indicated that Torgbui Afla only sought to visit Aflao, which is his hometown but Torgbui Fiti and the police in the area, are preventing him from doing that.
He argued that “as a Ghanaian, everybody is free to stay in his hometown, and the constitution does not permit anybody to be exiled in his own country, so I don’t think anything will happen apart from listening to his side.
Meanwhile, Spokesperson for Torgbui Fiti, Petit Haliga speaking on the Eye Witness News on Wednesday said: “Torgbui Fiti is not issuing any threats.”
According to Haliga, Torgbui Fiti is only saying that, “there shouldn’t be any chief that should be smuggled into his traditional area without his knowledge, that’s all Torgbui Fiti is saying. He is not preaching anything different from that,” he said.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana