A delegation from the National Peace Council led by Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu, a member of the council’s governing board, has held a meeting with the Chiefs and Elders of the Somey Traditional Area.
The meeting was to deliberate over the controversy which surrounded comments made by General overseer of the Perez Chapel International, Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, and to find a lasting solution to the issue.
The Archbishop during a summit at the Perez Auditorium in Accra, described Nogokpo as the demonic headquarters of the Volta Region. His comments infuriated the people of Nogokpo and the larger Volta region.
The chiefs and elders of the town issued a two-week ultimatum to the archbishop to withdraw his comments and render an apology to the people. The ultimatum has long elapsed.
In an interview after the meeting, Paramount Chief of the Somey Traditional Area Torgbi Adamah said both the Peace Council and the Somey Traditional Council have agreed to resolve the issue amicably. The Somey Traditional Council has given the archbishop a week’s ultimatum to withdraw the controversial comment and render an unqualified apology to the people of Nogokpo, the Somey Traditional Area and the entire Volta region.
Torgbi Adamah said the Traditional Council has asked its lawyers to officially write to the archbishop of the council’s decision and position. He clarified that the one-week ultimatum would start from the day the archbishop officially received the letter from the traditional council’s lawyers. He said should the archbishop fail to heed the traditional council’s demand for an apology, the Somey Traditional Council will advise itself accordingly.
Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu, expressed appreciation to the Somey Traditional Council for the warm reception and understanding. He assured of the Peace Council’s commitment to ensuring that the issue is resolved amicably in the interest of harmony and peaceful coexistence.
Some members of the Volta Regional Peace Council, including its Chairman, Rev. Seth Kwesi Mawutor, were present at the meeting.
Source: GNA
