The Office of the Special Prosecutor is set to invite Destooled traditional ruler Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II who served as the Board Chairman of ADB Bank for investigation. The investigation is expected to cover the loan portfolios of the ADB Bank approved over the period in which the deposed chief served as Board Chairman and to investigate "inappropriate influences" that may have governed the approval and disbursements of loans. Sources told this portal the former chief would be invited to make a formal appearance to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for his statement to be taken. The woes of the now deposed Kwahumanhene started when on September 12, 2024, one Collins Darkwa Aboagye petitioned the Office of the President to help recover a remaining amount GHC 2,406,000.00 from the Board chair who took a chair of a loan he had been allegedly bribed to approve. The Office of the President directed Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II to provide a response. Days later, the Bank of Ghana also directed the embattled chief to resign from his role at the Bank. This was to be followed by a destoolment by the kingmakers of the Kwahu Traditional Council who say the chief's alleged conduct has brought the stool dishonour.
According to the original petitioner, in 2021, he approached ADB Bank on behalf of Prabhat Trading Limited for an export credit facility to support his business, but the bank's processing procedures were unduly delayed.
In early 2022, he approached Nana Anim Dwumfour II, Ankobeahene of Kwahu Abetifi, to speak to Daasebre, the bank's board chairman, to intervene. "Ankobeahene and I met Daasebre at a house in Christian Village, where he pledged to facilitate the loan on certain conditions: That I pay him GHC 50,000, and That I give him a loan from the total disbursed amount," he explained.
Under pressure from his suppliers, Aboagye agreed to these terms.