The Ghanaian Statesman�s news story was bluntly captioned �Mills Shuns Nana Akufo-Addo.� Composed by the news-desk staff of this leading privately owned newspaper, the story regarded the attendance of President John Evans Atta-Mills at the 10th-anniversary celebration of the accession of Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panyin II, paramount king of the Akyem-Abuakwa State. Curiously following colonialist parlance, the Statesman�s story described Okyeman, or Akyem-Abuakwa, as a �Traditional Area.�