Ever since the head of the mortal remains of the 18th Century chief of Ahanta in the Western Region arrived in Ghana, there have been a lot of rancour and hot exchanges among Otumfuo Baidoe Bonsu, the Paramount chief of the area, the delegation that travelled to The Netherlands for the dead chief's head, and the District Chief Exectuve for Ahanta West. For a decision that was meant to unite the chiefs and people of the traditional area, it has rather led to the trading of accusations and counter accusations over the choice to bring home the head of their slain king. First to start what appears to be an unnecessary tirade was Otumfuo Baidoe Bonsoe himself, who accused the delegation that went to The Netherlands for disobeying his directive that they should only have gone to ascertain whether the head is indeed that of their slain. But they ended up bringing the head home. As dust was just about to settle on the matter, the DCE, who was part of the delegation, also accused Nana Estin Kofi, a sub-chief in the Ahanta Traditional Council and leader of the delegation for unilaterally appending his signature to documents that led to the transportation of the head to Ghana. Nana Kofi has also denied the allegation against him and went further to accuse the DCE of stabbing him (Nana Kofi) in the back. According to the sub-chief, it was the government of The Netherlands that decided to return the head to Ghana, a decision that the DCE was aware of. Apart from these protagonists in the case, some prominent citizens in the area, including a former DCE for Ahanta West, Mr. Kwesi Biney, have also gone on air to express their disappointment with the decision by the delegation to bring the head home. The Chronicle holds the view that these arguments for and against the decision to bring the slain king's head home is unnecessary at this moment, because the head is already in Ghana and can not be returned to The Netherlands. What Otumfuo Baidoe Bonsoe, his divisional and sub chiefs should be thinking about is how to bury or preserve the head for historical purposes. Unfortunate as the killing of the king may be, it can be used to generate revenue for the traditional area if the head is properly preserved and the traditional folklore about the chief and how he lost his head is well documented. Even if they burry the head, it would still be at tourist attraction for the area. Now that the head is being temporarily preserved at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, we suggest to the Ahanta Traditional Council to approach the government with a proposal to properly preserve the head, as the government of The Netherlands did for over 170 years, since if they had destroyed it, the current Ahanta king, his elders and people would today not be living witnesses of the head of the 18th century king of Ahanta. The Chronicle further suggests that prominent people who hail from the area should offer good advice to the traditional council over the issue, instead of taking side in the on-going chorus of accusations and counter accusations. Source: The Chronicle/Ghana