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Peacefmonline.com has stumbled across a video footage which shows that at all meetings concerning the Kumawu chieftaincy issue held at the Manhyia Palace, all sides were afforded the opportunity to state their case before the Asanteman council chaired by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second.

The footage indicates all the parties duly recognized Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua as the new chief of Kumawu.

This thus validates the position of the Asantehene’s Maawerehene, Baffour Osei Hyiemang, who revealed recently that all interested parties in the Kumawu chieftaincy saga, accepted the Asanteman council's decision.

The Asanteman council, a couple of days ago, reaffirmed its support and recognition for the new chief of Kumawu Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua and even vowed to expose and punish individuals and groups behind recent disturbances in the town arising from the installation of a rival chief.

After a protracted litigation which lasted for seven years, Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua known in private life as Dr. Yaw Sarfo was installed on October 30, 2014 and swore the oath of allegiance to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second at the Manhyia Palace, on November 3, last year.

However three kingmakers, the Aduanahene, Nana Sarfo Agyekum, Akwamuhene, Nana Akwasi Baffoe and the Akyempimhene, Nana Okyere Krapah from the Ananaya clan insisted Dr. Sarfo was an imposition and therefore would not accept him.

The Asantehene’s Maawerehene Baffour Osei Hyiemang says the council was shocked at the decision of the three chief since the matters they raised were duly resolved by the council and all parties agreed to the outcome.

"....first they came to plead with the Asantehene to allow their choice accepted and when the facts were made known, they questioned the lineage of the Kumawu queenmother Nana Serwaa Amponsah of the Ankase royal gate before the Asanteman council but they were unable to provide evidence to back their claim after the queenmother had shown evidence relating to her family tree," the Maawerehene disclosed.