Osu kingmakers reject Ishmael Nortey Adumuah’s nomination to Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly Council

In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the Dzaase, led by Dzaasetse Nii Saban Atsen VII, outlined its concerns and urged the appointing authority to reconsider the nomination.

“The said Ishmael Nortey Adumuah was installed by the accredited Osu Kinkawe Dzaase, led by Nii Saban Atsen VII, and was subsequently suspended due to acts of subversion he committed against the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase and the Osu Stool,” the letter said.

In registering its opposition to his nomination, the Dzaase accused Adumuah of being a divisive figure whose actions have stirred unrest across all four quarters of the Osu Traditional Area—Kinkawe, Alata, Ashante, and Anohor.

The Dzaase provided specific reasons for its stance, noting in the letter: “a. The said Ishmael Nortey Adumuah is very divisive and has created problems in all four quarters of the Osu Traditional Area; b. Ishmael Nortey Adumuah is a party to all the Osu Chieftaincy dispute suits before the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs and the High Court, Accra; c. Ishmael Nortey Adumuah is also a demagogue who is alleged to have caused confusion throughout the Osu Traditional Area.”

Further emphasizing its position, the Dzaase declared that, “It is the respected view of the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase that such a person cannot serve the interests of the Osu Traditional Area at the Korley Klottey Municipal Assembly, as his appointment is most likely to aggravate the situation in the Osu Traditional Area.”

The Dzaase underscored that “Ishmael Nortey Adumuah should be the least considered for this role.”

In place of Adumuah, the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase proposed alternatives, stating, “In the circumstances, the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase wishes to recommend Nii Kwabena Bonne V, Osu Alata Mantse, or Nii Nortey Otututse II, Osu Ashante Dzaasetse—recognized chiefs of the Osu Traditional Area who have been duly gazetted as suitable alternatives.”

The objection by the Osu Kinkawe Dzaase follows recent assertions by the Dzaase disowning one Bernard Botchway, also known as Nortse Nii Nortey Owuo IV, as the Osu Mantse.