WE HAVE NOTHING LIKE OKYEHENE IN GHANA – Traditional Leader Jabs Osagyefo Ofori Panin II

“We have nothing like Okyenhene in Ghana. And so, if someone has taken it upon himself to be the Okyenhene, it is he who has taken that title upon himself,” he said in Twi.

He explained that, unlike the Ashanti Kingdom, which has the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, as its overlord, the Akyems do not have a person with such authority.

“Akyem is not like Ashanti, where we have an Asantehene. Akyem, we don’t have an Okyenhene. Listen to what I am saying carefully.

“There is no one who can be referred to as the Okyenhene in the Akyem land. What we know is that we have Kotoku Mahene; we have Abuakwa Mahene, who rules over Kyebi; and we also have Bosome Mahene, whose stool is in Akyem Swedru,” he said.

Watch a video of the traditional ruler’s remarks below: