Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom  Lands In Fresh Trouble As  Kingmakers Take Measures To Revoke His Gazette From National Register Of Chiefs 

THE destooled sub-chief of Kyikyiwere and Krotihene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council, who is currently parading himself as a substantive chief of Bibiani, Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II has landed himself into the fresh chieftaincy trouble.

The new details have emerged that the accredited elders and principal kingmakers of Aduana Royal Stool of Kyikyiwere in the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area of the Western North Region have followed due processes to officially take the pragmatic measures to haul the destooled Nana Kodom II before the Judicial Committee of the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council.

The accredited elders of Aduana Royal family of Kyikyiwere, according to information available to Soireenews.com have followed the necessary traditional and customary due procedures before they have destooled Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II.

It was reaffirmed that Nana Anarfi Abebio is the news chief installed at Kyikyiwere and Krontihene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council.

Nana Anarfi Abebio has been lawfully and legally appointed by the President of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II as a caretaker of the Bibiani per the law of the council.

The current moves were part of lawful traditions and customary arrangement being spearheaded by the elders and kingmakers of Aduana Royal family of Kyikyiwere to have the chieftaincy gazette of Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II revoked, thereby removing his name from the  Register of the National House of Chiefs.

The processes to revoke the gazette Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom were led by the Principal Head of Aduana Royal family who doubles as the Head of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area and Chief of Pataboso, Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II and the Queen-mother of Kyikyiwere, Nana Abena Birago II.

It was discovered that Nana Kodom II, who was estooled the chief of Kyikyiwere dated October 29, 1992, was gazetted and his name was entered into the National Register of Chiefs.

However, since it was clear that Nana Kodom II was traditionally and customarily detooled as the chief of Kyikyiwere, it is only to be legal and lawful for the elders of Aduana Royal family to take the above legal steps or procedures to have his chieftaincy gazette revoked and subsequently his name removed from the National House of Chiefs register.

The development, Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom himself has confirmed in an interview with TV XYZ an Accra-based private television on Monday 27, 2024.

He stated that he has been officially served with the writ of summons by the elders of the Aduana Royal family of Kyikyiwere to appear before the Judicial Committee of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council to answer the charges preferred against him by the elders.

Addressing a press conference at Sefwi Anhwiaso palace on Saturday, May 25, 2024, Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II, noted that they had taken these legal steps to drag Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom to the council.

He noted that their decision stems from the fact that Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom has woefully refused to adhere to several warnings they served him to stop parading himself as sub-chief of Kyikyiwere and Krotihene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council.

"We have also respectively given several advices to Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II to stop holding himself as a chief of Bibiani. This is because we told him clearly that the Bibiani, represented by Anhwiaso, Nkawie, and Sankori, does not hold a chieftaincy status title under the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council.

"...but being arrogant person, Nana Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II has refused to listen to our simple advice, hence our decision against him," Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II, the chief told the journalists.

Flanked by the prominent chiefs including Queen-mother of Kyikyiwere, Nana Abena Birago II and Abakomahene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council who doubles as a member of National House of Chiefs, Nana Kojo Somiah II, Nana  Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II refuted the viral claim by Nana Kodom that he remains the legitimate Chief of Bibiani/Kyikyiwere and Krontihene Of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council.

The traditional ruler further denied an assertion by Nana Kodom, suggesting that he is the occupant of all the Aduana Royal Stool of Bibiani, calling on the general public, particularly the residents and citizens of Bibiani to ignore these fake statements by Nana Kodom.

According to the chief, all the claims by Nana Kodom that state that the Paramount Chief of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council, who doubles as the President of the National Regional House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II does not own Aduana Royal Stool land of his subordinate is completely false. 

He stressed that If any prospective land developer deal with Nana Kodom in respect of Bibiani land, they risk losing both the land and their money.

He stressed that the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council stool lands secretariat at Bibiani being controlled by Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, saying that the action and inactions of Nana Kodom was aimed at deceiving the prospective land developers to engage in the illegal sale of the stool lands in the area.

He provided documentary proof to back their statement that indeed the Land Act 2020, Act 1036, sections 5, 6,7 stipulates that all customary lands are under the auspices of the Paramount Stool.

Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II presented historical documents to dispute Nana Kodom's claim as the Bibianihene and occupant of the Aduana Royal Stool land of Bibiani.

The chief set the records straight that 
the Paramount Chief of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council is an overload of all the stool lands including Aduana Royal Stool land of Bibiani.

Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II noted that the reports in the statement made by Ngoah Anyimah Kodom to the effect that the court has reaffirmed him, the grantor of all the Aduana Stool Lands at Bibiani, are wrong impression of the court's judgment on the matter.

He stressed that Ngoah Anyimah Kodom, has no locus and traditional capacity to be made a grantor to all the Aduana Stool lands at Bibiani since it was still in chieftaincy records that he had been destooled as a sub-chief of Kyikyiwere and Krotihene of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Council, Ngoah Anyimah Kodom II.

Nana Okofo Berema Kwabena Being II on behalf of chiefs of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional 
Area made these foregoing remarks at a crowded press conference to respond to some erroneous impressions being peddled by Nana Kodom against the Paramount Chief (Omanhene) of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II and the entire people of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area.