The Principal Elders of the Nii Kwaku have urged the public to disregard reports alleging that Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, former NDC Member of Parliament for Amasaman, defrauded the Fitii We Family.

In a statement issued and signed by Paul Laryea, Head of Okai Laryea and Ofoli Mensah sub-families; James Adama Afful, Head of Amon Tse Akwetey Sub-Family; Enoch Armah Odai, Head of Ayi Kwame Sub-Family; Emmanuel Adotey Pappoe, Head of Aton Sub-Family; and Nicholas Narku Nortey, Acting Head ofTettey-fio sub-family, the Elders stressed that due processes were followed in appointing and installing Okai Laryea as the Head of the Nii Kwaku Fitii We Family of Gbese in Accra in October 2018.

The statement affirmed that Nii Laryea was entrusted with full authority to manage all family affairs, including properties.

This follows a media report accusing the former Amasaman MP of defrauding Fitii We of GHc100,000.

The report claimed Okai Laryea used his position to benefit personally from family property meant for current and future generations, and stated that he is facing trial at the Sowutuom District Court for these allegations.

However, the Principal Elders of Nii Kwaku Fitii We vehemently deny these claims.

"We, the undersigned Principal Elders of the Nii Kwaku Fitii Family of Gbese, Accra, hereby submit this official statement of rebuttal in response to an article published in the New Crusading Guide on 11 July 2024, page 11, titled ‘Former NDC Amasaman MP dragged to Court For Allegedly Defrauding Fitii We.’”

Highlighting the facts of the statement, the family stated that;

“The undersigned Principal Elders do hereby affirm and attest that Hon. Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea was duly nominated, appointed, and installed as the Head of the Nii Kwaku Fitii Family of Gbese in Accra on the 10th day of October, 2018. That, in his capacity as the legitimate Head of the Family, Hon. Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea was vested with full authority to manage all affairs of the family, including but not limited to the family house and family properties such as land.

"That, we hereby advise and caution the general public to regard the article in question as false, without foundation, a mere fabrication, and maliciously intended to defame the character and reputation of the Honorable Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, the legitimate Head of the Fitii We Family."

The statement from the Principal Elders of Nii Kwaku Fitii We also clarified that Fitii We has had no chief since the passing of Nii Kwaku Fitii III.

"That, following the demise of the last recognized Chief of Fitii We, known as Nii Kwaku Fitii III, approximately seven (7) years ago, no individual has been duly nominated, appointed, and installed as Chief of Fitii We IV. That, as such, it is hereby stated for the record that there has been no recognized Successor to the deceased Nii Kwaku Fitii III, a fact that can be corroborated by the Gbese Paramountcy, under whose jurisdiction the Nii Kwaku Fitii Family falls,” the statement added.

Below is the full statement:



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