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Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has urged Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to reconcile with Dormaahene, Oseadeeyo Asagyefo Agyemeng Badu II.
Donkor, who asserts her traditional connection as a wife to the Ashanti overlord, points to Otumfuo's past resolution of strained relations with the Akyem Abuakwa Stool as evidence of his capacity to resolve the current standoff with Dormaahene.
“You demonstrated a lot of wisdom in healing relations with the Akyem and that earned you the title of King Solomon, which is well deserved,” she said in an interview on Kofi TV.
Resolving his issues with Agyemang Badu II, she emphasized, would only solidify his throne as King Solomon.
“The way you solved the Akyem issue, please do all it takes to fix the Dormaa issue… the Akyem issue was more contentious but you resolved it, so, please do same with the Dorrmaa case,” she added.
Last month, Otumfuo attended the funeral of Berekumhene in a ceremony where the Dormaahene was barred through a court process.
Expressing deep distress over the incident, the Dormaahene stated that the turn of events was painful and that he would not easily forget it.
The injunction on his participation was supposedly intended to prevent clashes between his followers and those of Otumfuo, amid recent tensions concerning the constitutional powers and jurisdiction of the Asantehene.
Following the Okyenhene's earlier visit to Manhyia, Otumfuo returned the favor in 2018 by visiting Akyem Abuakwa.
The gatherings signaled what many believed to be a warming of ties between the two powerful monarchs.
Otumfuo said during his visit that the Asantes and Akyems were not enemies and that "our forefathers related very well. And we all came from Adansi and built our communities. Indeed, we are one people."
According to historians, pre-colonial politicians like Captain George Maclean and Commander Hill set the two ethnic groups against one another, which led to their eventual enmity.
As a result of the development, the Akyems killed Opemsuo Osei Tutu II in 1717 when he was crossing the River Pra.
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