Dormaahene Osagyefo Dr Agyemang Badu has issued a daring challenge to the Asantehene in response to the latter's intentions of elevating the Fiapre Traditional Council to paramountcy.
According to the Dormaahene, he will abdicate the throne and renounce his title as the chief of the Dormaa Traditional Council if Otumfuo fulfills his promise to elevate the Fiapre Traditional Council to paramountcy. "I challenge the Asantehene Otumfuo, as the Dormaahene and Bono president, that if he elevates the Fiapre stool to paramountcy, I will abdicate the throne given to me by the Bono people on that very day," he said while addressing the media on March 21, 2025.
The traditional ruler expressed his strong disapproval of the Asantehene's statement, emphasising that the authority to make such a significant decision rests in his hands, as the Fiapre council falls under his jurisdiction and authority.
He further questioned the Asantehene's authority to make such a statement while he, the Dormaahene is still alive and serving as the chief. "I am not trying to undermine anyone, but the power resides in my hands, bestowed upon me by the ancestors.
