Nana Twum Barima V, Chief of
Assin Dansame in the Assin North District of the Central Region of Ghana
left villagers shocked when he ordered for the body of one Koo
Emmanuel, which had been buried in the early hours of Monday to be exhumed.
According
to Accra FM, the Chief’s order was as a result of a failure of the now
deceased to attend communal labor when he was alive.
The Chief was quoted to have said that all residents who default on communal labor will not be buried on his land.
The
reports also stated that Nana Twum Barima V had over the years warned
Koo Emma several times when he was alive that he would not be allowed to
be buried in the community upon his demise, a threat the chief carried
out when Koo Emma died and was buried on Monday, June 26, 2017.
The
body was subsequently exhumed and left along the way for a while before
some kind-hearted villagers took the body and deposited it at the
community lorry station.
Information available
to Ghana’s Critical News has it that, there are some chieftaincy
disputes which could have led to the sad occurrence. The dispute is
between the Asene and Asona families in the community. The deceased is a
member of the Asona family who is fighting the Asene family which Nana
Twum is a member.
However, the family of late
Koo Emma is angry with Chief's decision while some residents are
calling for an amicable solution to the matter so that the Chief and
Elders can allow the body to be buried as soon as possible to curb any
outbreak of diseases.
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