Son of the late former Paramount Chief of the Somey Traditional Area, Courage Kwame Azumah, claims that IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has particularly let him down.

When the elders of his hometown attempted to remove him and his siblings from their father's home, Courage Kwame Azumah expressed his disgust in the police chief, claiming that the IGP had not bothered to step in.

He claims that since 1971, when their late father, Togbui Hor II, assumed the position of chief, this residence has served as the paramount palace.

In an interview on GhanawebTV, he stated that the positive feeling he had about the IGP when he first took over is no longer there.

“Even our Inspector General of Police is aware but he’s not done anything; he’s not replied any of my messages. Yes, Dr. Dampare. He knows everything that’s happening, even the Agbozume police, people have threatened to kill my brother there but even the Agbozume police cannot arrest the people there because they are afraid to go to Nogokpo, because the people they are supposed to arrest come from Nogokpo.

“… actually, I’ve lost faith in the IGP. I liked him very much when he started working. I even had a letter for him – about a four-page letter, to send to him personally, or to deliver to him but I just tore the letter into pieces and forgot about contributing to help the nation,” he lamented.

Further explaining that Agbozume residents insist that their father's house, which is also the palace, must remain the palace, Courage Kwame Azumah advised them to leave immediately.

But he asserts that despite their efforts, they have not yet been successful in getting the community's kinsmen to accept their reasons that the house cannot continue to be a palace.

He emphasized that while it would have been simple for them to cause trouble in the area, they have instead refrained from doing so in the hopes that a day will come when both sides of the dispute will reach a resolution that benefits them.

“One brother called me recently that I should find money and come so that they will enstool me as the chief because we have the palace already. And if I’d wanted to create a chieftaincy problem, I could get money from anywhere and start causing that chieftaincy problem,” he explained.