We Are In Process To Install Chief In Ga Ayikai Doblo - Principal Kingmaker Discloses

The Principal Kingmaker of Ayikai Doblo Sub-Divisional Stool, Nii Kweifio, defended Nii Amo Dodoo that he has not masterminded the killing of anyone in the area adding those making the allegations against Mr Dodoo were doing so to tarnish his name and make him look bad in the eye of the general public.

We Are In Process To Install Chief In Ga Ayikai Doblo - Principal Kingmaker Discloses
Mr Dodoo

Principal kingmakers, accredited heads and elders of Ayikai Doblo community under the Akumanjen Divisional Area in the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region have announced their preparation to legally and traditionally perform the rites to install a sub-chief to ascend the throne of Ayikai Doblo Stool to succeed the late chief of the area, Nii Ayikai Doblo who died in 2017.

Aside from planning to install the substantive chief for the area, the traditional authorities of Ayikai Doblo hinted that they were in the process of to also install Queen-mother and other relevant traditional office holders of Ayikai Doblo saying that they have full support from the accredited chiefs and kingmakers from the Ga Traditional Council (GTA) to install the rightful citizens to hold traditional office positions in the area.

The Principal Kingmaker of Ayikai Doblo Sub-Divisional Stool, Nii Kweifio, who on the behalf of the leaders of the area disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Soireenews stated that they have shortlisted three persons from the ruling royal gates of the Ayikai-Doblo but they had settled on the final person to be chosen to install the chief of the area.

Nii Kweifio was responding to the recent media report to the effect that there are gun shooting incident, tension, confusion and insecurity in the area, but he flatly denied the allegations.

The story which was corroborated by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command and Amasaman District Police Command, Ga West, indicated that no gunshot incident has recently been recorded in Ayikai Doblo.   

"Our checks after the news of sporadic gunshots at Ayikai-Doblo by the media revealed that no such incident had occurred in Ayikai Dobolo recently,” the Greater Accra Regional and Amamsan District Police Commands told journalists who visited the two commands to verify the report.

According to him, Ayikai Doblo was peaceful, adding that there was no cause for alarm as residents were going about their normal activities.

"We want to state that there have been no gunshots at Ayikai Doblo community and also it is not true that the headmistress of Ayikai Doblo Municipal Basic Primary School resolved to close down the school on Thursday, June 9, 2021, should the prevailing security threats remain,” Nii Kweifio insisted.

"From Monday to Thursday, residents of Ayikai Doblo have not witnessed any gunshots in the area as was being alleged by a group led by Alhaji Ibrahim Adjah Musah Ato Amponsah and his followers," he said.

He said there was peaceful coexistence among the people living in the area.

Consequently, Nii Kweifio warned those selfish individuals in the area led by Alhaji Ibrahim Adjah Musah Ato Amponsah and Raymond Ablorh who were interested in the position of sub-divisional chiefs in the area to stop the habit of hiding behind faceless personalities to peddle lies against Nii Amoo Dodoo, popularly known as Nii Azooto, to the effect that he was using land-guards and violence to control the lands.

He explained that there were no land guards at the Ayikai Doblo community in the Ga State, adding that the community had a legally formed Asafatse group who was mandated to protect their lands.

He stated that the allegation that the Ayikai Doblo community has suffered indiscriminate land-guard activities and indiscriminate shooting for some time now was factually incorrect and should be treated with contempt.

Nii Kweifio said Alhaji Ibrahim Adjah, Musah Ato Amponsah and Raymond Ablorh were attacking the integrity of Mr Dodoo because he had stopped them from reselling lands in the area.

He pointed out that the Paramount Chief of Akumajen Stool in Ga Mashie, Nii Ayikai III, together with his elders, have granted a Power of Attorney (PA) to Mr Dodoo to represent the Akumajen Stool in all matters relating to land transactions in Ayikai Doblo community under Ga Mashie.

 Nii Kweifio denied the assertion by Mr Musah Ato Amponsah and his followers that the Akunmajeng chief does not have the capacity to install a chief for Ayikai Doblo and also cannot give Mr Dosoo a power of attorney as an Ayikai Doblo land caretaker.

He asserted that these people had made such statements out of ignorance of the traditional and chieftaincy structures of the Ayikai Doblo sub-divisional stool.

He stated that the Akumanjen Divisional Area of the Ga State was the head of the stool of which umbrella body recognised communities such as the Ayikai Doblo, Akraman, Okusibiade fall under.

According to him, there was a passed resolution in 1996 which stipulated that the three recognised sub-divisional areas which are Ayikai Doblo, Akraman and Okusibiade together with other villages including Abossey Okai, Mataheko and South Odorkor should install chiefs and family elders.

"So it was according to the passed resolution which has given traditional power to the kingmakers to choose the right persons to install chiefs and elders in the various communities which fall under the umbrella body of Akumanjen Divisional Area of the Ga State.

"So in this traditional arrangement, the leadership of the Akumanjen Divisional Stool of the Ga State cannot appoint chiefs or elders for the various communities under it. But the appointment and selection of the persons to be installed chiefs or elders of these communities could be done with the consent of the Akumanjen Divisional Stool. 

"And after the installation of the right persons to ascend the throne by the kingmakers of these communities, the persons installed as chiefs would be brought to Akumanjen Divisional Stool Palace in Ga Mashie for the final traditional and customary rituals to be performed by way of accepting the persons and also for them to pay homage.

It was also stated in the resolution that in case there were no chiefs in these communities, the elders of these communities in consultation with the leadership of Akumanjen Divisional Stool Palace are mandated to appoint acting chiefs to run the traditional affairs of these areas until the chiefs of these communities are installed.

According to Nii Kweifio, they all know that Mr Dodoo has performed well to bring the needed sustainable development to Ayikai Doblo.

According to him, they all know that Mr Dodoo has performed greatly to bring the needed sustainable development to the areas of Ayikai Doblo.

They stated that nobody can rubbish his achievements especially when these achievements were what aided the Ayikai Doblo Stool to win more land cases which made the people in the area reclaim more of their stolen lands sold to individuals land developers and organisations.

They argued that it is a bad attitude for these self-seeking individuals to wrongly accuse Mr Dodoo and fabricate false stories and lies just because of their selfish interest.

They added that those faceless personalities who are making these allegations against Mr Dodoo were doing that because they were fighting him to take the position of the power of attorney granted to Mr Dodoo.

He defended Nii Amo Dodoo that he has not masterminded the killing of anyone in the area adding those making the allegations against Mr Dodoo were doing so to tarnish his name and make him look bad in the eye of the general public.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu