The queen mother’s belongings thrown out of the palance
The police
at Kato in the Bono Region have been patrolling the streets of the town following
physical attacks on the queen mother of the area, Obaapanyin Afia Asiraa III.
Two
other persons – Afia Bia and Kojo Boateng – had also sustained some injuries alongside
the queen mother in what is believed to be a protracted chieftaincy dispute.
Osabarima
Kwabena Diawuo Owusu II, the Werempehene of Berekum Traditional Council, who
doubles as the chief of Kato, told DAILY
GUIDE that the blame must be put squarely on the police for failing to
arrest the perpetrators whom he claimed had been attacking the queen mother
with impunity.
He
said but for the ‘spiritual prowess’ of Obaapanyin Afia Asiraa III, she would
have been killed.
The
chief said the machete and pieces of wood used to attack the queen mother by
the assailants bounced back several times.
He
said she was about to take her bath when the assailants took off her clothe and
tore it. Besides, they dragged her out naked from the palace and hurled her
belongings outside. He added that her personal belongings had been kept at the
Berekum Divisional Police Command.
The
chief said the assailants had the audacity to slaughter a ram, prepare a meal
and had a good time in the queen mother’s house without being arrested. He
claimed the police from Berekum arrived at the scene but didn’t take any action,
adding that reinforcement from Sunyani later eased the tension in the town.
DAILY
GUIDE checks indicate one of the
suspects was later arrested at the Fiapre tollbooth when
he tried to escape from the region with a mobile phone and a necklace belonging
to the queen mother.
Kato,
a farming community in the Berekum municipality, has been facing chieftaincy disputes
since the death of the chief of the town, Nana Kwadwo Kyeremeh in 2006. Two
royal gates – Minimini and Neantene – have been fighting over the rightful
occupant of the stool.
The queen mother, the principal kingmaker, supported the Minimini gate and installed Osabarimah Kwabena Diawuo in May 2016 but the Neantene gate, led by Kwadwo Kyeremeh, rejected him and has since been attacking the queen mother physically.
FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Berekum- Kato
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