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The capital of Wasa Amenfi West district, Asankragua, has been without chief since Nana Anyani Buadoom III joined his ancestors three years ago.

Asankragua, a small town in the Western Region of Ghana, has also not given their late king a befitting burial due to the seeming litigations between clans who revered the late chief as a properly installed chief and those that don’t.

The Ahena clan has led the crusade against the burial of the late Nana Anyani Buadoom III as chief of Asankragua. To them, the late chief was never a chief and deserves not to be given a rightful burial as tradition demands.

The Ahena clan has litigated him since 1952 and even in death; they have secured a court order preventing him from being given a state burial.

They have kicked against the idea of burying Nana Anyani Buadoom III at their Royal Museum with explanations that should he get to finally rest there, it would cement his place in history as a properly installed chief.

However, checks conducted by Peacefmonline.com at the Public Records and Archives Administration Department, established that the late Nana Anyani Buadoom III was gazatted in 1952 as Ohene of Asankrangwa, Wassaw Amenfi State.   
 
Further checks also reveal that as at 1986, the Wassa Amenfi Traditional Council ranked the late Nana Anyani Buadoom III as member.
 
   Composition of Traditional Councils – Western Region
Membership of Wassa Amenfi Traditional Council As At 1986
 
Traditional Council
 
Wasa Amenfi
 
Customary Stool Name
 
Nana Anyani Buadoom III
 
Hierarchy Former Name
 
Kwabina Sakyim
 
Rank
 
Member
 
Date of Enstoolment
 
24-3-52
 
L.G.B. M.O And Date
 
2284.87 of 25/10/52
 
Status/ Title
 
Divisional Chief

Division
 
Oman
 
Clan
 
Agona
 
Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II, the Paramount Chief of Wassa Amenfi Traditional Area, has made strides to resolve the issue amicably but has always been forced to constantly fish for caretaker chiefs who would lord over Asankragua due to the chieftaincy dispute.
 
To get to the bottom of the matter, the paramountcy at Wassa Akropong which has the powers of a District Court has deliberated on the matter and referred it to Regional House of Chiefs.
 
The matter finally ended at the National House of Chiefs and after carefully studying the case and listening to the parties involved, it was ruled that the late Nana Anyani Buadoom III deserves to be given a state burial as custom demanded.
 
The chiefs have directed the Omanahene of the area to ensure the late chief get a befitting burial tailored for king.