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Reports of the enstoolment of a new Ga Mantse under the stool name Nii Tackie Adama Latse II has been rubbished by Nii Boi Abbey, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the �Ga Mantse� Nii Tackie Tawiah II. Peace Fm�s Akwesi Agyeman who was present at the enstoolment ceremony reported the new chief is a London based business man privately known as William Tackie. Some kingmakers within the Ga state introduced the supposed new chief to elders of the Ga royal houses at a ceremony at the Ga stool house. But speaking in an interview with Peace Fm�s Akwasi Agyeman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the �Ga Mantse� Nii Tackie Tawiah II, Nii Boi Abbey said it was not healthy for such disgraceful acts to befall the Ga state looking at the nature of the situation now where some people want to enstool a new Ga Mantse. According to him (Nii Boi Abbey), some leaders in the Ga state have taken the law into their own hands to do whatever they want in spite of its obvious repercussions. �The Ga stool is only one,� he stated. He told Peace FM that the supposed new chief has his parents �adopted into the Teiko Tsuru We� and is �nowhere close to the throne.� He said the enstoolment ceremony is null and void. He added that Nii Tettey Ashong V who holds the key to the stool house was with Nii Tackie Tawiah so there was no way those people could have access to the Ga stool. �When the time comes, Ga's will stand up and fight for their right,� he said. Nii Boye Abbey also accused persons within the ruling government of supervising the sacrilegious act. He said the matter has been reported to the Greater Accra Regional Police command to save the situation as there has been threats by some people to disrupt the Homowo celebration. The enstoolment follows threats by Gbese Mantse Nii Ayibonte II, that he will enstool a new chief by August this year. To him (the Gbese Mantse), there is no Ga Mantse, rubbishing the existence of Nii Tackie Tawiah II who has been acclaimed as the Ga Mantse and recognised as the chairman of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs. Nii Ayi Bonte, known in private life as Tommy Okine and who was until his enstoolment the Chief Executive Officer of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, swore before a gathering last week that he should be destooled if he fails to enstool a new chief. Tommy Okine accused the erstwhile Kufuor administration of imposing Nii Tackie Tawiah on the Ga People. He mentioned Former Tourism Minister, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, former Greater Accra Regional Minister IC Quaye and Accra Mayor Adjiri Blankson as responsible for the problems in the Ga state. But the P.R.O., Nii Boi Abbey, says the action flies in the face of rule of law and hinted they will take legal action against the claimants.