The current Ga Mantse, Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II, has been destooled from the Ga Mantse Palace following the installment of a new king in the divided kingdom of the Gas in the Greater Accra region.
The new king Dr Kelvin Nii Tackie Abia Tackie, who was the running mate of Jacob Osei Yeboah in the 2012 elections, was installed Friday at the palace. He is married with two children. His stool name is King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.
The latest development is likely to spark controversy and deepen the woes of the Ga State because already three people are laying claim to the stool since 2004 after the death of Boni Nii Amugi II.
In February 2017, the kingmakers of Abola Piam We of the Ga State in Accra installed Nii Tackie Obli II as Ga Mantse. Prior to his installment King Tackie Tawiah II, known in private life as Dr Jo Blankson, and Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II were in the picture. The other claimant to the stool was Ayittey Canada, now deceased.
The new king is 46 years old. A CV released to the media described him as “a passionate and results oriented leader with a strong record of success in entrepreneurial and strategic management.”
It added: “Kelvin has first class communication skills, which places him in the forefront as an initiator, full of innovative ideas, creativity, courage, with a ‘Can Do’ attitude. Talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems and challenges.”
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Background
It will be recalled that last week, the acting President of the Ga Traditional Council, Nii Dodoo Nsaki II, who is also Otublohum Mantse, asked the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs to reverse the induction of Nii Adama Latse as the Ga Mantse into its fold.
In a statement, Nii Nsaki II questioned the legitimacy of Nii Latse as Ga Mantse since his status is a matter of dispute at the court.
“We ask that the position of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs is reversed to bring calm and peace to the Ga state. We vehemently condemn this induction and do not support it.
“The Ga Mantse is the head of the Ga Traditional Area, and if he is not accepted by the Ga Traditional Council, then his position is illegal.
:There is an injunction by the High Court on the Ga Traditional Council not to induct Nii Adama Latse into its fold. The Ga Traditional Council on 13th February, 2017, was duly ordered that its defendants be restrained from inducting Nii Adama Latse as Ga Mantse, and also restrained from transmitting his Chieftaincy declaration forms for Gazette notification at the National House of Chiefs,” the statement said in part.
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM