Tension is mounting at Agyena, a small community close to Akosombo in the Eastern Region, after a disputed chief was installed on Monday, October 5, 2015.
The development has forced one Nana Twum Barima, who claims to be the rightful Chief of the town, to go into hiding.
This was after some youth, allegedly hired by another claimant to the stool nearly attacked him on Monday.
“I visited this town yesterday (Sunday) and I was about to leave this dawn. They came again…They are macho men from Pokuase numbering about 15…they were wielding machetes, guns and firing warning shots. They came to enstool Kweku Asare and they were moving from house to house looking for me,” he told Citi News from his hideout in the town.
According to him, a similar incident happened in January this year, but there have not been any arrests even though it was reported to the police.
“It happened on a Sunday, the 18th of January, on the 19th, Monday, myself and the queen mother went to the district police commander, Akosombo to lodge a formal complaint at the police station. Since then on countless occasions we have reminded them that the people are threatening to come back, yet they have not been apprehended” he added.
But the man who was enstooled on Monday, Osabarima Nana Appiah Boadu the third, has denied Nana Twum Barima’s claims.
He said there had not been any chief of Agyena until Monday when he was installed.
He also denied reports that tension was mounting in the area.
“The abusuapayin of Agyena Oyoko clan has installed Agyena Hene, if anyone has an issue with it, he should take it up. Right now what we know is that Agyena is having a leader by name Osabarima Nana Appiah Boadu the third”.
Meanwhile, Citi news understands the Akosombo police have moved in to ensure calm in the area.
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By: Eugenia Tenkorang/citifmonline.com/Ghana