"Agyapadie document is to fan hatred between Okyeman and Asanteman"- Okyehene

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has described a paper in circulation bearing his image and the word "Agyapadie" as a complete fabrication by people determined for years to build and foment a hate campaign against the Ofori Panin household and Okyeman.

The book, which proposes a thorough strategy for positioning and sustaining Akyem people at the helm of the Ghanaian economy, has resurfaced, gaining traction in both traditional and social media.

At the Akyem Abuakwa State Council meeting over the weekend, Okyenhene urged his kinsmen and Ghanaians to treat the book with contempt.

He questioned who in their right mind would develop such an agenda and memorialize it with his photograph on the cover page.

"We saw this during the period of J.B Danquah and we’re seeing this now. In and around October 2016, about a few months before the election, the same document known as the ‘Akyem Project’ was in circulation. The focus of that was to fan hatred between Okyeman and Asanteman to undermine the electoral efforts of Nana Akufo-Addo. Unfortunately for them, it came too late to the election."

"This diabolic plan was revised in 2019. In the year 2020 when the Agyapa business became a political issue, the book suddenly metamorphosed into ‘Agyapade3’" Okyenhene noted in a State Council meeting at Kyebi".

Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin pointed out that the Ofori Panin Fie was more famous before Akufo-Addo and hasn't done anything remarkable in the last 25 years to suggest that they're elevating themselves over others.

He stated that the Eastern Region had more representation in previous President John Agyekum Kufuor's cabinet than Akufo-Addo, and that all of the hullabaloo is intended to cause dissatisfaction among the Akyem.

"Many kingdoms have seen greater development over the years, but some people always have issues whenever the government decides to bring development to Okyeman. I have heard things in recent times. The funniest of it is that I am the richest chief in Ghana. I mean how? Anyway, when anyone regards you as a rich person, you must receive it. I receive it' Okyenhene said with a smile."

He underlined that they are schemes to instill enmity in the Akyem people. Osagyefuo claimed that Okyeman has been great since its inception and will remain so by God's will. 

He stated that, while several renowned Akyem locals have spent a significant portion of their working lives in Ghana's public service, little can be said about their contribution to the development of Okyeman.

He encouraged his kinsmen to rise up and protect Okyeman's name at all levels against hate speech and untruth intended to foment disaffection.

"Some people deliberately go to work just to denigrate Okyeman and make us look evil in the eyes of the public. But such people must remember that they have family too, will they be comfortable if such palpable lies are said about them and their generation?" Osagyefuo asked.

Source : Florence Kyei/Lead News Online