{"id":683484,"date":"2019-08-16T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Chiefs of Atebubu perfo rm rituals to curse former MP if he dares contest any position in the name of the area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHIEFS AND people of Atebubu in the\nBono East Region have invoked curses on Sanja Nanja, former NDC M"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:14:43","slug":"atebubu-chiefs-invoke-curses-on-former-ndc-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/16\/atebubu-chiefs-invoke-curses-on-former-ndc-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Atebubu Chiefs Invoke Curses On Former NDC MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chiefs of Atebubu perfo rm rituals to curse former MP if he dares contest any position in the name of the area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CHIEFS AND people of Atebubu in the<br \/>\nBono East Region have invoked curses on Sanja Nanja, former NDC MP for Atebubu<br \/>\nAmanten, calling on their \u2018gods\u2019 to strike him if he dares to contest the seat<br \/>\nagain.<\/p>\n<p>The Atebubu Tradtional Council led by<br \/>\nNsumakwanhene, Nana Kofi Amoakohene, yesterday performed a ritual by<br \/>\nslaughtering a white ram to the gods for Sanja Nanja who has already filed to<br \/>\ncontest the seat once again.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst in office as MP, the traditional<br \/>\nauthority had a long running feud after they claimed the MP insulted them,<br \/>\nparticularly the queen mother of the area, Afua Donyina II, and that resulted in<br \/>\nthe MP losing his seat in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The bad blood between them does not appear to<br \/>\ngo away as the chief slaughtered a sheep yesterday to show the MP that they<br \/>\nmean business.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Asumakwanhene slaughtering the ram said<br \/>\nthe former MP has since refused to apologise to the queen mother and to pacify<br \/>\nthe gods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are slaughtering this ram as way of<br \/>\nsacrifice to pacify you (the gods) for the insults and also ban Sanja Nanja from<br \/>\nneither contesting nor campaigning on our land for any reason,\u201d he pronounced.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to ban Sanja Nanja, the chief<br \/>\nsaid, has nothing to do with the NDC as a party but the nominee who has filed<br \/>\nand been vetted to contest in the primaries for the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Sanja Nanja a former MP and District chief<br \/>\nExecutive for Atebubu Amanteng has incurred the wrath of the traditional<br \/>\ncouncil since 2016 when he insulted the personality of the queen mother of area<br \/>\non radio calling her a drunk.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked to apologise and pacify the gods<br \/>\nfor his \u2018uncouth\u2019 and \u2018uncharacteristic\u2019 behaviour of an MP but has refused.<\/p>\n<p>Another ritual also known as Kodawane was invoked<br \/>\nto prevent Sanja Nanja from getting into contact with any chief from the area<br \/>\nor send any emissary through any chief.<\/p>\n<p>They have said that any chief who entertains Sanja Nanja will also be destooled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>danielyasodayee@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs of Atebubu perfo rm rituals to curse former MP if he dares contest any position in the name of the area CHIEFS AND people of Atebubu in the Bono East Region have invoked curses on Sanja Nanja, former NDC MP for Atebubu Amanten, calling on their \u2018gods\u2019 to strike him if he dares to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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