The State Sponsored Politics That Toppled Togbe Afede At House Of Chiefs Revealed

In the aftermath of the election of Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II as the new President of the National House of Chiefs (NHC), WhatsUp News has been confirming that individuals in the Jubilee House may have been the ultimate kingmakers behind a veil of massive cash inducement.

Reliable sources say chiefs were splashed with some GHC 70,000 each to vote out Togbe Afede. They reportedly ensured this by making evidential voting possible, where chiefs were reportedly taking snapshots of their voting choices to claim the balance of the GHC 70,000 inducement.

Ogyeahohor’s rise to the top had been punctuated with what insiders call state-sponsored rebellion against the Afede regime because of his apparent refusal to budge to strong-arming him.

Indeed, in his speech on the Election Day, last week, Togbe Afede warned the chief against giving themselves up to monetary influence by the political authority.

When contacted to comment on the alleged monetary inducement during the NHC voting session last week as gathered by Whatsup News, Togbe Afede refused to make any comment.

The first thrust of the strategy to incapacitate Togbe Afede according to sources was to cut statutory allocations to the National House of Chiefs, Whatsup News gathered.

Consequently, throughout the first quarter of the year, statutory release, amounting to some Ghc120,000 was pulled by Jubilee House.

This money is purposed for general administration, allowances and emoluments for employees at the National House of Chiefs and when the government refused to release the money, Togbe Afede XIV was forced to come up with money to keep the NHC running somehow, 

Ogyeahohor, being a beneficiary of the difficulties, would later carry the issue into his campaign for election as President of the NHC, vowing to ensure that all persons owed at the NHC are paid if he was elected to replace Togbe Afede XIV as President.

In the aftermath of the election, Togbe Afede is said to being owed heavily by the government because of personal expenses made on running the NHC administration for months.

Ogyeahohor had been a sworn opponent to Togbe Afede and had reportedly undermined his authority at the NHC.

The first time he broke ranks with the larger NHC was when the Akufo-Addo government tried to push through the election of MMDCEs. The NHC took a position on the side of the public that such a move would introduce divisive politics at the local government level and should be discarded. After the NHC had reached a consensus and issued a statement, Ogyeahohor broke ranks and publicly criticized the decision. 

He together with the Okyenhene Amoatia Ofori Panin, had two other chiefs take the contrary position.

Meanwhile, a few months ago, the Okyenhene, who was then the President of the Eastern regional House of Chiefs (ERHC), caused an uproar when he was accused by the New Juaben Chief, Daasebre Oti Boateng that he was cunningly using his position to get many sub-chiefs from his area to be made members of the ERHC. 

This would perpetually put the ERHC in the power of Oforipanin Fie and effectively make Akufo-Addo’s hometown chief puppet master of the ERHC.

However, this move was fiercely fought off by the Omanhene of New Juabeng,