Osu kingmakers advise diplomatic missions to be wary of unauthorized persons

The Osu Kinkawe Dzaase has advised the US Embassy and other diplomatic missions not to deal with unauthorised persons purporting to be traditional authorities in Osu.

Specifically, the Dzaase has cautioned against any association with Bernard Botchway also known as Nortse Nii Nortey Owuo IV, and Ishmael Adumuah, who according to the Dzaasehas been dismissed as the Oshiahene of Osu

“Both Bernard Botchway and Ishmael Adumuah have no gazettes as Chiefs in Ghana.  There are duly gazetted Chiefs in Osu, who have their names in the National Register of Chiefs, and the US Embassy can contact the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase for assistance in such matters,” a statement from the Dzaase said.

The Osu Kinkawe Dzaase, is the only accredited body with the mandate to install Osu Mantse, and according to the Dzaase, the said Bernard Botchway has been restrained by the Judicial Committee of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs from holding himself as Osu Mantse.

The statement, which was signed by Nii Saban Atsen VII, a gazetted Chief and head of the Dzaase said, “Nortse Nii Nortey Owuo IV, whose real name is Bernard Botchway, is not the legitimate Osu Mantse, and has been restrained by the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs from holding himself as the Osu Mantse”.

It indicated that Bernard Botchway had been cited for contempt at the High Court for breaching the restraining order for which the trial was ongoing.

In a related development, some elders of the Osu Stool have cautioned the Cantonments Police against what it describes as unethical and unprofessional harassment of youth members of the Osu for Peace, Progress and Unity Movement (OPPUM), following a statement issued by the group.

According to sources, the PRO of the Group, Reginald Opintan, who issued a statement condemning the collaboration between the US Embassy and the said Bernard Botchway had been invited by the Cantonments Police.

The elders wondered why the police would invite the leader of a group that seeks the good and peace of Osu; the enforcement of the law, and the respect of the Constitution while persons who have defied legitimate orders of the Court, are left to go scot-free. “This is not the reset agenda Ghanaians voted for,” they stated.

They advised the Cantonments Police to rather invite the said Bernard Botchway and Ishmael Adumuah who they said were defying the Constitution of the land and the authority of the courts, thereby, creating an atmosphere of insecurity in Osu, and warned that they would not take kindly to any unprofessional and unethical conduct from the police.

They also called on the IGP to rein in his officers at the Cantonments Police Station and uphold the highest standards of professional and ethical integrity.

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