The Chief of Abetifi, Akyemfuor Asiedu Agyemang III, who also serves as the Adontenhene of the Kwahu Traditional Area and acting Kwahuhene, is demanding justice and enhanced security at the palace following his violent abduction by armed men on Thursday, November 7th, 2024.
Addressing the media, the traditional council, and residents of Abetifi in his palace Saturday, the Chief detailed the harrowing ordeal, during which he was accosted, beaten, and held hostage by armed assailants for two hours in a remote house.
According to Akyemfuor Asiedu Agyemang III, at around 9:40 am, four armed men dressed in khaki uniforms burst into his dining room armed with AK-47 rifles, pump-action guns, cutlasses, scissors, and batons.
While these men detained him, gunshots rang out from the forecourt of his Palace.