By Dennis Peprah, GNA
Sunyani, (Bono), Feb. 16, GNA – Some aggrieved royals of the Nana Boahen Korkor Royal Family, has called on the Bono Region House of Chiefs to speed up the adjudication of the Sunyani Chieftaincy Dispute.
The Nana Boahen Korkor Royal Family comprises three gates of the Nyantakiwaa, Kwantwiwaa and the Akosua Dua Royal Gates.
They reminded that the mediation exercise initiated and performed by Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs was just to pave the way for the court cases to be heard and adjudicated.
“As the saying goes, justice delayed is justice denied and the longer it takes to judge a case, the more the crisis deepens among feuding factions”, the royal family stated.
Addressing a news conference in Sunyani, Mr Joseph A Danquah, the spokesperson for the Boahen Korkor Royal Family explained that the meeting of the royals was in reaction to a similar press conference the Sunyani Traditional Council (STC) organised on Tuesday February 3, 2026.
Flanked by Nana Obiri Yeboah, the Abusuapanin (family head) of the Nana Boahen Korkor Royal Family, Mr Danquah, also the Abusuapanin of the Nyantakyiwaa Royal Gate said it was appropriate for the family to come out and set the records straight in the supreme interest of peace.
He said the royal family was surprised and shocked to hear a pronouncement made by Nana Kwaku Sarbeng, the Acting President of the STC that: “All the pending chieftaincy cases are discontinued in the interest of peace and unity”.
“His statement was a complete fallacy”, Mr Danquah regretted, stressing that: “Nana Akwamuhene deliberately tried to throw dust into the eyes” of the government officials present including Mr Ibrahim and Mr Joseph Addae Akwaboa, the Bono Regional Minister.
Mr Dankwa recollected that on August 14, 2025, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs invited some members of the Boahen Korkor Royal Family to a meeting in Accra in connection with “crisis in Sunyani”.
“The sector minister made it clear from the start that the objective of the meeting was to diffuse the high tension in Sunyani because of the dispute between Nana Akosua Dua Asor Sika Brayie II, and Yaw Agyare, who styled himself as the Odeefour Ogyeamansan Boahen Korkor II, the Chief of Sunyani”, he recounted.
Mr Danquah indicated that: “In fact, the minister made it clear that he wasn’t going to adjudicate in the matter but had met the family members to fund means of bringing peace in the town so that the pending court case could be heard until final judgement.
After a long deliberation a 10-point roadmap was drawn which if followed, would be a recipe for calmness in the town”.
He explained that on Monday February 2, 2026, the sector minister summoned all the delegation that met in the Accra meeting to meet him at the residence of the Bono Regional Minister in Sunyani to assess the situation.
“Unfortunately, it came out that only one or two of the 10-point roadmap had been complied with, including that fact that the queen mother had returned the two regional queen mother’s vehicles in her possession to the STC”, Mr Danquah explained.
He stressed that: “The Acting President of the STC also the Akwamuhene (sub-chief) of the Sunyani Traditional Area isn’t a member of the Boahen Korkor Royal Family and therefore has no authority to intrude into our affairs”.
“So, we members of the Nana Boahen Korkor Royal Family want to restate our position from January, 2025 toll now that according to our custom, the selection of a new candidate to be enstooled as a chief, is the sole responsibility of the Queen mother, in consultation with the principal elders of the Royal Family”, he insisted.
Mr Danquah added that: “No outside entity or authority, including the STC, can impose a chief on the royal family. Therefore, we don’t recognize Mr Agyare as the chief of Sunyani and that is why we have taken the matter to court for redress”.
He emphasised that “no court case involving the chieftaincy dispute in Sunyani has been withdrawn” and urged stakeholder support to facilitate the adjudication of the dispute in the supreme interest of the Sunyani people.
GNA
Edited by George-Ramsey Benamba