Source: newsthemegh.com
The ruler of Antoa, a well-known town in Asanteman, has been ordered destooled by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Instability is alleged to have occurred when Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman, who has held the throne for more than 20 years, appointed his nephew to succeed him while still alive.
The repeated sale of lands is one of the other offenses. At a meeting of the Kumasi Traditional Council on Monday, the Otumfuo announced his decision.
The destoolment processes have begun in earnest with rituals.
The river god of the Asante town, Antoa Anyaman Bosom, is renowned for dispensing swift punishment.
The Antoa shrine is a place where parties to a dispute present themselves for adjudication and is revered throughout Ghana as an oathing deity.
At Antoa, rituals are also carried out to release one from the deity oath.
Recall that the Asantehene deposed a second chief in the Ashanti region in 2019 less than a week after deposing the Akwamuhene of the Kumasi Traditional Council for violating the great oath of Asanteman, one of the foundational principles of the Asante Kingdom, and being found guilty of ten separate offenses.
Nana Ahenkro Sei Ababio III, the chief of Ahenkro, close to Offinso, was also punished for disrespecting the king by disobeying orders prohibiting chiefs from filing any chieftaincy or land dispute in court.