About a hundred youth of the Anlo state on Friday April 15, demonstrated to protest against legal action initiated by one of the royal families in the Anlo state against the Awadada of Anlo, Togbui Sri II.
Colonel Courage Togobo (rtd) who belongs to one of the royal families has sued the paramount chief and other leading members of the Anlo state for outdooring Togbui Sri II as the Awadada of Anlo.
The agitated youth say the move by Colonel Togobo and his allies will bring division among residents and plunge the state into confusion. The youth marched to the office of the Municipal Chief Executive in Keta to present their petition.
Some of the youth who demonstrated told Citi News, they will do all they can to resist the legal action against their chief. A demonstrator said “the Awomefia has been sent to court together with Professor Kofi Awoonor, Dan Abodakpi and co so we are in a way trying to appeal to the Togobo Family that they should leave these noble citizens of Anlo alone”.
Another demonstrator declared, “What the Togobo and others are doing is not in our favor. How can we be without Awomefia for 13yrs? 36 Anlo chiefs came together to outdoor the chief, what is (Togobo’s)his problem?”
After 13 years of dispute over the rightful successor to Awoamezi following the death of Togbui Adeladza II, a new Awoamefia for the people of Anlo was installed at a colourful ceremony in Anloga in the Volta Region.
The new Awomefia, Togbui Sri III, a retired Police Commissioner known in private life as Mr Patrick Agboba, was introduced amid jubilation from a large gathering and august audience, including the Chairman of the Council of State, Professor Kofi Awoonor; Mr Dan Abodakpi, Ghana’s Ambassador to Malaysia; Dr Bernard Glover, a member of the Council of State; the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr E.K. Doe Adjaho; a Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr Alex Segbefia, and Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister.
The MCE for Keta, Sylvester Tonyiava, received the petition from the youth.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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