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A high-powered delegation, made up of helping and divisional chiefs from the Kwahu Traditional Area, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to behaviour a thorough probe into the dawn raid of the Abene Palace, which resulted successful the apprehension of the Kwahuhene, Daasebere Akuamoah Boateng III, and the Queenmother of Kwahu, Nana Adwoa Gyamfua III.
The delegation, numbering astir 50, including Daasebere Boateng III and Nana Gyamfua III, wants contiguous entree to Daasebre Boateng III, the Kwahuhemaa, and palace unit to retrieve idiosyncratic belongings and indispensable items from the palace.
The petition was presented to the enactment of the Police Administration, led by the IGP, astatine a closed-door gathering astatine the constabulary office past Wednesday.
Event
Giving the series of events successful the petition, the chiefs said connected October 19, 2024, the kingmakers destooled Eugene Asante Boadi, who reigned nether the stool sanction Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II, and subsequently enstooled Baffour Akoto Osei connected January 25, this twelvemonth nether the stool sanction Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III, assigning him work for the Abene Palace.
However, the petitioners said, connected November 17, 2025, astir 4 a.m., Daasebre Boateng III was informed of a constabulary raid astatine the palace, involving gunfire and carnal battle connected palace unit and the queenmother.
The petitioners added that reports indicated that respective palace unit and the Kwahuhemaa had been arrested.
The petition stated that by 7 a.m, Daasebre Boateng III arrived astatine the palace to find 1 unit subordinate handcuffed and visibly injured, alongside galore constabulary officers and vehicles, connected the premises.
Upon inquiring astir the constabulary presence, the petitioners said Daasebre Boateng III received nary responses, adding that arsenic the custodian of the palace, helium insisted connected answers and pressed the constabulary for clarification.
Following this, the petitioners said Daasebre Boateng III requested to beryllium arrested successful solidarity with those detained and arsenic a result, was subsequently taken to Accra with his operator and a palace unit subordinate without being informed of the reasons for their arrest.
Joint operation
The petitioners said astatine a Joint Operation Centre successful Accra, an serviceman claimed the raid was to enforce a tribunal order, yet failed to nutrient a transcript of the bid oregon immoderate documentary evidence.
The chiefs said Daasebre Boateng III and different detained individuals were released astir noon with nary charges filed against them.
The chiefs stated successful their petition that Eugene Asante Boadi had filed a chieftaincy petition against the kingmakers, resulting successful an interlocutory injunction restraining the caller Omanhene from performing his duties.
They argued that the bid was not enforceable until directed by the National House of Chiefs, yet the enactment of the constabulary suggested otherwise.
Requests
They, therefore, requested the Police Administration to furnish them with a transcript of the tribunal bid allegedly enforced during the constabulary raid.
A impervious of work indicating the bid was presented to Daasebre Boateng III and the applicable parties.
They besides sought a documentation of requests from the Judicial Service for constabulary assistance successful executing the bid and an mentation detailing wherefore implicit 20 equipped unit were required for this cognition and wherefore it occurred astatine 3 a.m.
They besides privation clarification connected the usage of unit and the attraction of palace occupants during the raid.
The chiefs further pleaded for entree to the premises by the palace gardener and cook to alteration them to cater for the livestock and perishable items, arsenic good arsenic behaviour a broad inspection of the palace and papers immoderate damages incurred during the raid.
Background
The Kwahu kingmakers explained that Eugene Asante Boadi filed a chieftaincy petition with Suit No. JC/ERHC/P.4/2025, earlier the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs against the Kingmakers/Members of the Kwahu Traditional Council and Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III (aka Baffour Akoto Osei).
By his petition, Mr Boadi sought a declaration that his destoolment was unlawful and truthful the indispensable customary rites should beryllium performed to reverse his destoolment.
In their defence, the Kingmakers/members of the Kwahu Traditional Council, and Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III asserted that Mr Asante had been destooled according to Kwahu customs and traditions and Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III had been decently enstooled by the kingmakers arsenic Kwahumanhene.
The applicant subsequently sought and obtained an interlocutory injunction from the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs to restrain the respondents to his petition from holding retired Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III arsenic the Kwahuhene and to besides restrain Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng III from performing immoderate relation oregon enactment astatine the Abene Palace.
The Respondents to Mr Boadi’s petition, the Kingmakers, and Daasebre Boateng III appealed against the bid for Interlocutory Injunction to the National House of Chiefs.
“By the mandatory cognition of instrumentality arsenic specified successful the Chieftaincy Act, the entreaty against the injunction bid obtained by Eugene Asante Boadi, operated to enactment execution of the said order,” the chiefs recounted successful their petition to the IGP.
“Thus, the bid of injunction could not beryllium enforced unless different directed by the National House of Chiefs.
This is the explicit connection of Section 34 (1) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759),” it added.
The Kwahu Traditional Council said the substantive lawsuit earlier the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs was yet to beryllium heard and determined, portion the entreaty against the injunction bid was yet to beryllium heard by the National House of Chiefs.
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