Ashanti Youth Group Give Tribalistic Osafo Maafo Two-Week Ultimatum

Senior presidential advisor, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has been told that he has two weeks to openly eat back his words after claiming that Ashantis have no credit in the matter of Ghana’s independence struggle.

A group of Asanti youth, the Concerned Youth of Ashanti (CYA) have warned that if in two weeks Osafo Maafo does not apologize for the denigrating comment, they will “advise themselves”.

“We are giving Osarfo Maafo two weeks ultimatum to retract and apologize to we the Ashantis over his ethnocentric comment else…….A word to a wise they say is enough.” Said Dr.Nana Agyenim Boating, aka Gyataba, leader of the CYA at a press conference held in Kumasi.

Mr. Osafo Maafo, who appears to be a congenital tribalistic bigot, incurred the wrath of Asanteman when he was caught in a secret recording from a meeting of NPP executives in the Eastern Region claiming that Ashantis and their kings played no role in Ghana’s independence struggle.

According to him, the country’s independence struggle was led by Akyems and their kings.

This is the same Osafo Maafo, who in the lead-up to the 2016 elections was caught in another secret tape from another NPP meeting saying that the preponderant amount of Ghana’s natural resources are in Akan lands and so only Akans deserve to rule the country.

For many, Osafo Maafo’s bigotry is a reflection of the general divisiveness of the Akufo Addo administration.

Accra-based Lawyer, Anokye Frimpong, has said Osafo Maafo’s comment is borne out of politico-tribal hatred that Akyems supposedly have for Ashantis.

This supposed hatred which dates back to the days of the bloody Akan civil wars and echoes through the days of the independence struggle is also being regurgitated to establish an Akyem hegemony and suppress Ashantis, particularly in the ruling NPP.