Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has spoken out against the recent wave of military coups across Africa.

The renowned monarch claims that coups are neither a solution to the current challenges the continent is experiencing nor a part of them.

Speaking at the St. Andrews Africa Summit in Scotland over the weekend, Otumfuo emphasized that using a gun was never a good idea, no matter what the situation.

“Let me make it categorically clear that regardless of the circumstances, I do not think that a military takeover offers the solution to the problems of our continent.

"There was a time when circumstances produced the notion that the gun was the solution, those times are over.