Okyeman is not ready to secede an inch of its land ....Nananom of Akyem Abuakwa warns

Ofori Atta for and on behalf of Nananoom in response to matters bothering the claim of ownership of Adoagyiri by Akyem Kotoku, Nananoom indicated that, Adoagyiri is not contiguous with any of the lands of the Kotoku State.

The tension flows from  claims by some three persons purporting to represent Akyem Kotoku that Adoagyiri is part of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area and demanding that, the Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin desists from interfering in the chieftaincy matters of Adoagyiri. 

At the press conference,  Nananoom of Akyem Abuakwa State mentioned that Adoagyiri since historical times has been part of Akyem Abuakwa and falls directly under the Apapam stool which is an integral part of the Amantuomiensa group of Akyem Abuakwa. 

They said, 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, granted usufructuary right and have no allodia right to any land at Adoagyiri. 

It follows claims that Adoagyiri is part of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area and related to this, a certain George Twum,who claims to be the Chief of Adoagyiri and the Ankobeahene of Kotoku masquerading with the title‘OkoanadwoAfutu Dompreh II’.

Adoagyiri is the border town and entry into the Akyem Abuakwa Kingdom from Accra.  This in is indicated by the Nsawam bridge across the Densu River as entrance of the Akyem Abuakwa kingdom.Adoagyiri has since historical times been part of Akyem Abuakwa and falls directly under the Apapam Stool which is an integral part of the Amantuomiensa Group of the Akyem Abuakwa State.Records indicate that all successive Adoagyiri Chiefs have been part of the Akyem Abuakwa State Council; inclusive in the records are evidence of land transactions;Concerning the above, Barima Adu Kokor II, who passed on in 2007, served the Ofori Panin Stool as the most dedicated and one of the longest reigning Chiefs of Akyem Abuakwa, was installed in 1953 as Chief of Adoagyiri;The Kotoku citizens just as other ethnic communities are settlers, granted usufructuary right and have no allodia right to any land;Further to the above it should be clearly understood that, land by Akan Tradition is the fundamental condition for the exercise of customary right, the two being intricately linked and inseparable;The Okyenhene being the allodia ownerof the land in Adoagyiri exercises exclusive customary authority;There are no records that establishes that Adoagyiri is and has ever been part of Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area;Adoagyiri is not contiguous with any of the lands of the Kotoku State—more than five towns of Akyem Abuakwa separate Adoagyiri from Akyem Kotoku lands.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, we are forced under the circumstances to give a brief historical account of Akyem history.

It is not the first time that the Kotoku State has attempted to lay dubious claim to Akyem Abuakwa lands.