A young man was allegedly shot in Okupehemea's Palace by a rival group.
A young man was injured after allegedly being shot by a man from the Banmuhene's palace in Akropong Akwapim.
When the unfortunate barbaric incident occurred, the young man was in the Okupehemea's palace.
The young man was among those at the Okupehema's Palace performing the 40th-day celebration and some traditional rites of the Late Abusuapayin of the Nketia Royal House.
The Banmuhene's palace allegedly stormed the Okuapehemea's palace to prevent the Okuapehemea and other mourners from observing the day.
In challenging them the Banmuhene�s boys fired the gun. They were there to stop the Okuapehemea and other visitors from not adhering to the Adaebutu that the Banmuhene�s had allegedly placed, thus the ban on Noise making and drumming which he claimed started last Wednesday.
Okuapeman has not known peace for some years now because of chieftaincy disputes and alleged government interference in the chieftaincy affairs.
The young man is currently on admission at the Orthopedic Medical Hospital at Mampong Akwapim. He�s said to be in critical condition because of the bullet he sustained.
Sources say they were asked to stop the program, but they refused and he was shot in the thigh. The incident has left many residents angry and are calling for a full-scale investigation because in the Okuapeman customs it�s not the Banmuhene who places a ban on noise making.
It is the responsibility of the Akyeamehene and the Adum house to do so. Chieftaincy issues in Okuapeman are still fraught with ambiguity, as the Queen Mother of the Area continues to sue the newly installed Paramount Chief, Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo.
First, the queenmother's car was burned, and then her house was set on fire. Furthermore, the court's decision that the family should nominate a candidate and present him to the Queen Mother in order to install a chief was not followed.
Even after the chief was installed, he was not introduced to her or the Asonahene.
The case is currently before the National House of Chiefs, and he has also not been gazetted.
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