Goaso boils over royal status, I’m a royal – former Omanhene insists; You’re not a royal – incumbent fires back

The immediate past Omanhene of Goaso in the Ahafo Region, Nana Agyei Ampofo and the incumbent Omanhene, Nana Kwasi Bosomprah are engaged in a fierce battle of words over qualification to ascend to the Goaso stool.

While Nana Ampofo, 77, insists that he is a royal and therefore was qualified to ascend the stool, Nana Bosomprah, 58, says that cannot be true.

Nana Ampofo, a lawyer by profession, and a former Member of the Council of State in the Rawlings regime, abdicated the stool in 2000 in the midst of a chieftaincy dispute, which was before the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for adjudication. Eight years after his abdication, Nana Bosomprah, a driver with the Ghana Cocoa Board, took over as Omanhene.

Battle of words
The battle of words started on January 12, 2024, when the former Omanhene held a news conference at Goaso to react to an alleged statement by Nana Bosomprah that, he ( former Omanhene ) is not a royal and that he signed a letter to that effect before ascending the stool.

He claimed that since Nana Bosomprah became Omanhene, he has been doing everything to provoke him with unfounded allegations.

Tracing his lineage , Nana Ampofo stated, “I am telling Nana Bosomprah that I’m a royal of Goaso, secondly I abdicated the stool on my own volition.“

Nana Ampofo said Nana Bosomprah’s family is not the only the royal family at Goaso as he claims.

Alleged assassination
The former Omanhene accused Nana Bosomprah as being one of the people who hatched a plot to assassinate him in Kumasi one night. He also accused the Omanhene of running an autocratic administration in the palace as he doesn’t allow his sub chiefs a say in matters of importance .

Tracing lineage
In his response a day later, Nana Bosomprah insisted that Nana Ampofo is not a royal. Although Nana Bosomprah denied ever saying anywhere that Nana Ampofo wrote a letter that he is not a royal, he nevertheless, claimed that some people in the town have copies of the said letter.

He said per tradition, Goasohene is the chief palm wine tapper of the Asantehene. Going ahead to trace his lineage, the Omanhene said he comes from a family that are the chief palmwine tappers of the Asantehene.

“I challenge Nana Ampofo to also trace his lineage to show that his family are also chief palmwine tappers of Asantehene,” he fired.

Nana Bosomprah refuted allegations that he planned to kill Nana Ampofo, and also he is autocratic.