Call Trouble Maker Asante  Okore of Sekyikrom  To Order Now  —Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V, Nana Agyekwabea Akyeampomah III Tell IGP

The aggrieved destooled Apagyahene of Sekyikrom in the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipality of the Eastern Region, Oheneba Nana Asante Okore I, popularly known as Toroo, has been accused of hiring gun-wielding thugs who had intended to cause harm to the chiefs, queen-mothers and elders at Sekyikrom Palace on Sunday May 2022.

The thugs numbering about eight (8), were believed to be notorious land-guards hired by Asante Okore from different communities to cause mayhem at the chief of Sekyikrom palace on that Sunday.

According to reports, they stormed the palace when the chief of the area, Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V, Queen mother, Nana Agyekwabea Akyeampomah III and Sakyikrom Stool Father (Gyaasehene), Nana Owusu Aduomi aka Methuselah including other chiefs, queen-mothers, elders and people of Sakyikrom were celebrating their annual Akwasidae Kesea for the year 2022.

Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V, who blew the lid over Asante Okore Toroo’s action, stated categorically that the thugs stormed his palace on Sunday, May 29, 2022, with machetes, guns and other offensive weapons.

He pointed out that the thugs threatened to cause mayhem over the destoolment of their 'paymaster,' Asante Okore since they could not understand the reason he was destooled by the Queen-mother of Sakyikrom, Nana Agyakwabea Acheampomaa III.

The chief indicated that lucky however, eluded the thugs as the Asafo group and the youth of the area successfully arrested eight of them and handed them over to the Nsawam District Police Command.

The police at the CID Department of the Nsawam District Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the thugs, saying that the case was under police investigation.

Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V pointed out that they seized motorbikes, cutlasses, and other offensive weapons possessed by the thugs during their arrest

The chief further recounted the series of attempts by Asante Okore to team up with the destooled Abusuapanyin of Sakyikrom, Mr. Amadi Yemo, to attack their integrity and reputations.

The Sakyikromhene stated that he fully supported the decision of Agyakwabea Acheampomaa III to perform rituals to destool Asante Okore because the continuous misconducts of him was creating serious confusion, tension and insecurity in the area.

Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V noted that after he was installed Chief of Sakyikrom, he personally approached Asante Okore to advise him to stop causing trouble in the area.

But, according to him, Asante Okore turned down all his pieces of advice.

Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V described Toronto as a notorious trouble maker in Sakyikrom, accusing him of using the name of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to terrorise the chiefs, queen-mothers, elders, and other traditional office holders within the Sakyikrom.

"Whenever there are little misunderstandings between Asante Okore and other traditional office holders sometime during our meetings, you could see that Asante Okore will just flip his mobile phone and threaten that he will call the IGP to report that person to him, because IGP is his friend. These have been the continuous behaviours of Asante Okore in Sakyikrom," Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V disclosed to journalists at a press conference held at Sakyikrom on Monday, May 30, 2022.

The press conference was held in a quick reaction to the current widespread media reports attributed to Asante Okore to the effect that all the households in Sakyikrom did not have toilet facilities, a development which compels the indigenes to defecate in bushes and at the public cemetery.

Mr. Asante Okore was reported to have made these derogatory comments on Onua TV. He was also reported to have made several dangerous statements against the elders, chiefs, queens and people of the area which has dented the image of Sakyikrom.

He was ostensibly exhibiting these acts to destroy the reputation of the newly-installed Sakyikromhene but evidence available showed that Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V demonstrates that he has technical know how to work closely with the traditional authorities and leadership of the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipal Assembly.

However, the continuous practice of Mr. Asante Okore to go on Onu TV to peddle falsehood against the Sakyikrom has angered the traditional office holders and youths in the area.

Addressing a crowded press conference, Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V issued a stern warning to Mr. Asante Okore and his followers including the destooled Abusuapanyin of Sakyikrom, Mr. Amadi Yemo to immediately stop their continuous habit of using the media to attack the integrity and reputation of him and his elders of the area, lest he (Asante Okore) would face their wrath.

According to him, their attention has been drawn to the series of the bad news attributed to Asante Okore on Onua TV, describing the contents of these statements as complete gross disrespect, useless and misconception, and charged the IGP to call Asante Okore and his followers to order!

"If really it is true that what Asante Okore has been always saying that the IGP is his friend, then l am using this platform to appeal to the IGP to immediately invite Asante Okore and his followers to advise them to stop their continuous behaviours, because their actions and inactions were retarding development in Sakyikrom," Sakyikromhene appealed to the IGP.

Flanked by the Queen-mother of Sakyikrom Nana Agyakwabea Acheampomaa III, Stool father of Sakyikrom, Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V pointed out that the troubles that Asante Okore and his followers were fomenting in the area were threatening lives and security in the area.

Against this back ground, Nana Sakyi Agyekwa V warned the youth not to allow themselves to be used by some self-seeking individuals including Asante Okore and his followers.