The Central Regional House of Chiefs has given its backing to the decision to delete the name of self-styled chief of Gomoa Fetteh, Nana Abor Yamoah, from the register of the National House of chiefs. 

According to the Regional House of Chiefs, the embattled Nana Abor Yamoah II was never a legitimate chief in the first place. 

It went ahead to give vivid accounts of the alleged fraudulent processes that led to the purported enstoolement of that Nana Abor Yamoah. The revelations were contained in a statement signed by Enoch Addo, the Deputy Regional Registrar, which was released on October 1, 2014.

The statement noted, the Research Committee of the Central Regional House of Chiefs allegedly met and processed Nana Abor Yamoah’s form on the August 14, 1997, ten days before judgment in the matter pending before the Judicial Committee of Gomoa Akyeampin Traditional Council, which was between Abor Yamoah’s faction and the legitimate chiefs and elders of Gomoa Fetteh.

“Again the Central Regional House of Chiefs allegedly met and approved the forms on the 3rd of September 1997 and allegedly processed and forwarded same to the National House of Chiefs on the 4th September 1997, which is very unusual,” the statement revealed.

It added that, after forwarding the forms to the National House of Chiefs, the Central Regional House of Chiefs wrote to the National House of Chiefs to suspend the processing of the forms and subsequent entry of Nana Abor Yamoah II’s name in the Register because of the appeal before the Regional House of Chiefs.

According to the statement, the National House of Chiefs though approved the form on July 20, 1999, suspended the entry of the name of Nana Abor Yamoah II in the National Register because, there was a resolution by the chiefs of the Traditional Council “derecognizing” him. 

The statement further revealed that the then Registrar of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, based on a newspaper publication, wrote to the National House of Chiefs to enter the name of Nana Abor Yamoah and the same was entered, but the original date of approval by the National House of Chiefs, which was July 20, 1999 was maintained.

The statement, therefore, concluded that the processes leading to the purported enstoolement of Nana Abor Yamoah II were illegal and fraudulent.  

“The above clearly shows that the process leading to the registration of Nana Abor  Yamoah II was fraudulently done; hence the deletion,” the statement said. 

The National House of Chiefs deleted the name of Nana Abor Yamoah II from the National Register following a ruling by a Winneba High Court presided over by Justice Adjei Wilson, in June 2014 instructing the National House of Chiefs to strike out the name of Nana Abor Yamoah from the its Register, since he was not properly enstooled as chief.

“I also direct that within 28 days from the date of this ruling the National House of Chiefs sets down a schedule for the determination of the entry of the Name of Nana Abor Yamoah II in the Registrar of the National House Chiefs,” the judge ordered in his ruling.

The Winneba High Court based its decision on the fact that, Nana Abor Yamoah popularly known in his private life as Edward Acquaye who was formerly an Accountant of Johnson Wax, producers of Raid mosquito coil, was not properly gazetted and that his name was fraudulently entered into the Register of the National of House of Chiefs. 

The ruling was dated 10th June, 2014.