[ 2014-10-01 ]

Gh100,000 compensation is peanuts', Odike displeased with Queen mother's verdict
The 2012 flagbearer of United Front Party (UFP),
Akwasi Addae, popularly called 'Odike', is
displeased with the verdict of the Asantehemaa's
(Queen mother's) court in Kumasi, the Ashanti
Regional capital, in a case he (Odike) had cursed
the Asokwahene, Nana Fe Baamoah and Kojo Bonsu,
Kumasi Mayor, over a land issue.

He said the Asantehemaa's court ordered that the
Asokwahene should compensate him (Odike) with
Gh₵ 100,000 for the demolition of a Driver
Vehicle and Licensing Authori­ty (DVLA) testing
complex which he was putting up at Asokwa in
Kumasi.

He described the amount quoted as his compensation
fee as peanut, adding that his (Odike) demand of
Gh₵ 400,000 as compensation fee was rejected
outright by the traditional court.

According to Odike, the demeanour of the chiefs
and queen mothers present during the
adjudica­tion of the case gave an indication that
they (chiefs and queen mothers) were backing the
Asokwahene.

"The chiefs and the queen moth­ers who sat on the
case at the Asante­hemaa's palace seemed to
support the Asokwahene for destroying my
prop­erty and also taking my land forcefully with
force," he complained.

The politician cum businessman, who was speaking
on Hello FM, described the verdict of the
traditional court as unfair, hinting that he would
soon call a press conference in Kumasi to state
his next line of action.

Odike was hauled to the Asante­hemaa's court for
allegedly invoking the spirit of the dreaded
'Antoa Nyama' river deity to deal ruthlessly with
the Asokwahene and the Kumasi mayor.

The UFP leader argued that the two personalities
treated him badly by instigating the demolition of
his property, and this influenced his decision to
invoke the river deity to curse them.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, had banned
the invocation of river deities to curse people in
his kingdom. Odike was therefore, hauled to the
Asantehemaa's palace to explain his action.

Speaking on Hello FM on Monday, Odike said he was
not happy about the manner in which the matter was
adjudicated at the Asantehemaa's palace.

According to him, the fetish priest at the 'Antoa
Nyama' shrine, during a meeting between him and
the Asokwahene, "ruled that the Asok­wahene erred
in destroying the DVLA testing complex which I was
constructing."

The UFP leader said the fetish priest therefore
ordered that the Asokwahene should compensate him
adequately so as to ensure lasting peace between
them.

Odike said during another meet­ing at the
Asantehemaa's palace, it was agreed that the
Asokwahene was the guilty party so he should
compen­sate him for destroying his property.

The UFP leader said, "I quoted Gh₵ 810,000
as the money I am demanding for my destroyed
proper­ty and I later on reduced it to GHC400,000
after the chiefs and queen mothers asked him to
reduce the figure."

Odike said, to his dismay, the Asantehemaa's court
ordered that the Asokwahene should pay him only
Gh₵ 100,000 as compensation fee.

Source - Daily Guide

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