Kumawu queen mother accused of bribing king makers

The human rights court in Kumasi has deferred its judgment to 17^th of October in the Kumawu chieftaincy dispute. The Aduana Abusuapanin of Kumawu has applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrict the Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu II, the Asanteman council and five others from engaging in any activity that could lead to the Installation of the Chief of Kumawu in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region

Kwaku Gyekyei and other chiefs of Kumawu say they will resist any attempt to enstool Dr. Yaw Sarfo as the chief of Kumawu. The Kumawu stool has been vacant close for nearly seven years after the death of Barima Asumadu Sakyi II. Few months ago, attempts to enstool a chief under heavy security was fiercely resisted.

In a latest twist to the case, Nana Kwaku Gyekyei and Opanin Kwabena Kodua have filed for an interlocutory injunction to restrict Otumfour and others from installing a new chief. The elders of Kumawu alleged that, the  decision to install the chief against the will of the people is  because the queen mother Nana Serwaa Amponsah  paid some monies to the king makers to select Dr. Yaw Sarfo as the Chief who according to their tradition is the rightful person to the stool.

In court the counsel for the accused tendered in court a tape purported to be a conversation in which the queen mother of Kumawu admitted bribing king makers but was rejected by the respondent.  The court however adjourned the case to the 17^th of October to give its verdict.