A team from the Ashanti Regional police command have broken into the Daily Guide newspaper office to enable workers have access to the place and begin their daily activities.
The Daily Guide newspaper office in Kumasi in the Ashanti region was on Wednesday morning reportedly locked up by some youth group believed to be members of the Kumasi Youth Association.
The youth group, according to reports, attacked the media house over its various reportage on the recent banking case in the UK which mentioned the Royal Occupant of the Golden Stool, His Royal Highness Otumfuo Osei Tutu II; a report they believe has tarnished the image of the King.
Speaking to Peacefmonline.com, Ernest Kofi Adu, a reporter for the paper in Kumasi explained that the group locked up the office and warned them to retract their reportage about the monarch before they will be given access to the place.
“We came to the office this morning to see that our office has been locked by the guys who call themselves Kumasi Youth Association.
"They are saying that until we retract our story and go to Manhyia to apologise to the King, they will permanently shut down the office”, he added.
"But we reported to the police this morning who assisted in breaking those padlocks to enable us have access to the office", he explained in a telephone interview.
The Asantehene was reported in a British newspaper to have given £200,000 as well as $200,000 with consecutive serial numbers to a banker, Mr Arthur, to be deposited on his behalf at the Ghana International Bank Plc.
The story claimed that Mr Arthur had said he could not conduct the necessary due diligence before depositing the money because he was a subject of the Asantehene and could not question him over the money or any other issue.
He has since been sacked by the bank and the matter has become a subject of litigation before an employment tribunal in the UK.
Mr Arthur is reported to have been sacked by the bank after the bank he allegedly transferred the money to in Jersey, one of the British Isles,
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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if you have been given peanut for fufu or banku, lets have some peace. Nobody is more Ashanti than anyone.And being Ashanti doesnt mean follow the King blindly and just make noise about been Otikokoso Nana and that's all. When can't even boost of common basic amenities. Nobody expects the King to build roads or anything but what about negotiating good deals for the Kingdom. Our so called Garden city has turned into a big village. Cause all our King does is to travel and decorate himself with big clothes n ornament and that's all.
Ewes are not ***barred word*** ooo, they will never take the law into their own hands and misbehave. They are well brought up
many of these people don't even have a high school education, don't even have what to eat but following ashantihene blindly.
That was a senseless move by the group it is about time we think about the development for all to benefit and not stashing monies in foreign countries for the benefit of those countries.
it's not the duty of Otumfuo to construct roads and provide jobs to the people of Kumasi. if development of kumasi is under him, the city wld be like Dubai. Otumfuo has done his best and still doing good works to improve the life of people even beyond Ashanti region. if anyone needs to be blamed for the woes of kumasi and its people then it's the central govt.
Brogya Genfi should be picked up.
Massa ; very good question because for all you know the this so called Ashanthene is just a GREEDY KING using his people to make loads of money whilst his people live in abject poverty in Kumasi ; the sad part is that these so called YOuth are homeless with some sleeping on the street Kumasi ;the gtters are full with sheet and the so called king goes to invest in Europe whilst his people suffer -WHAT A SAD SITUATION IN ASHANTELAND !!!!!!; no jobs ; some are armed robbers ; the sad part is the they follow and never question this Ashanthene because these fulls think this man is a GOD to them whilst they suffer .
THIS IS THE LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO R SO USEL...S AND CANT THINK OF ANY BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR LIVING. HW CAN A KING SEND MONEY TO OTHER COUNTRY FOR KEEP WHILES HIS TOWN IS UNDER DEVELOPED. DO U C ANY BETTER ROAD NETWORK IN KUMASI? CANT HE AS A KING HELP IN DEVELOPMENT. FOO....LS THINGS NKOAA
nobody is above the law in ghana not even the president.lets note that
Lawlessness at the highest level. The King should be advised not to repeat that mistake again. what on earth was he carrying that physical cash for? The financial advisors must do their work.