Chief and elders of Yaa Ansaa Royal family of the Akwamu Traditional Area in the Eastern Region have invoked the spirits of their ancestors, deities and gods to support them to reclaim their famous “Black Stool” from a rival family, Yaa Botwe of Aboabo, which they have fought for, for the past 25 years.

The ritual exercise was done on Wednesday, May 16, 2017 at Senchi near Atimpoku, Eastern Region, where one of their powerful gods resides.

The Akyeamehene, who also doubles as Okuamahene of Akwamu Traditional Area, Nana Ansah Okoahene, led the invocation of the deities to help them succeed in their quest to reclaim their ancestral property.

According to the Yaa Ansaa Royal family, ever since the ruling on the issue went against them, all appeals to the National House of Chiefs to reverse the ruling have become fruitless.

Nana Okomahene slaughtered a ram and poured the blood on the deities and called on their ancestors to inflict incurable diseases and calamities on anyone who might have influenced the case with money.

According to him, Yaa Ansah Royal family is the legitimate occupant of the Akwamu Paramount Stool as it was bequeathed to them by their ancestors many years ago and not their rival, Yaa Botwe, as the judgment indicated.

At a press conference at Senchi on Wednesday, May 16, 2017 spokesperson for Yaa Ansaa Royal family, Opanin Kwasi Oppong Akoto, said there was no doubt the paramount stool of Akwamu known as ‘the Amanpon Gua’ was purified with the blood of Opanin Kofi Akoto who was the son of Yaa Ansaa in the 16th Century.

He explained that the said Opanin Kofi Akoto voluntarily gave himself out to be sacrificed after which Yaa Ansaa family was honoured with the sole custodianship of the “Great” and famous Black Stool of Akwamu.

This, according to the spokesperson remained a fact that the black stool of Akwamu was and has been limited to the Yaa Ansaa Royal family.

“Except when the Yaa Ansaa Royal family thinks it is good to bring on board a non family member to ascend the stool for the purposes of temporarily taking care of same until a legitimate and appropriate royal is found in the Yaa Ansaa Royal Family to take over the stool,” he noted.

He explained why between 1733 and 1992, out of the 14 paramount chiefs of Akwamu that had ascended the throne only two had come from the Yaa Botwe Family of Aboabo.