The four (4) Kingmakers arrested over the weekend at Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region are expected to report to Police today Monday.
They were arrested for enstooling a Paramount Chief, Oseedeayo Kwasi Akuffo II, amid a throng of crowd.
But the defense of the Kingmaker put forth by Odehye Kofi Asiedu Adu Mfum, one of the persons arrested was that officially only 11 persons including 8 Kingmakers were accredited to take part in the ceremony on Saturday, therefore, it was the responsibility of the security to ensure that onlookers thronged the place were drove away.
It is not clear if the Kingmakers will be put before the court.
Meanwhile, Akuapem North Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has prescribed to Chiefs and Kingmakers in Akropong – Akuapem in the Eastern Region to hold on with all public traditional events that are likely to pull a crowd.
The Council has also directed that Nananom strictly adheres to social distancing and gathering protocols if the event is being done in private.
Akuapem North Municipality has recorded three (3) confirmed cases of coronavirus out of the total 87 recorded in the region as of May 2, 2020.
According to the Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem North, Dennis Aboagye, “with this experience, any other activities that Nananom wants to perform, of course, the traditional chiefdom they are our partners and key stakeholders. So if there are additional activities they are going to perform, we need to have a conversation with them.”
He continued that “If it is one that will be done in Privacy then, of course, there is no problem but the one that is likely to pull the sort of crowd we saw, then we will have a conversation with Nananom as much as possible if they could or they should hold on with such public event that could draw so much crowd and put all of us our lives at risk.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
