Togbe Afede Boldly Rejects Ken Agyapong's Gifts at Yam Festival Over MP's 'Sharp Teeth'; Videos Pop Up

Togbe Afede Boldly Rejects Ken Agyapong's Gifts at Yam Festival Over MP's 'Sharp Teeth'; Videos Pop Up

  • Togbe Afede XIV reportedly rejected gifts from Assin Central legislator Kennedy Agyapong for the celebration of the ongoing Te Za (Yam Festival)
  • The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State rebuffed the gifts over claims that the lawmaker has been speaking ill of him
  • Videos online spotlight some persons packing the items, which included cartons of bottled water, back into the vehicle that brought them

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The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has reportedly rejected gifts Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong sent him as part of the ongoing Te Za (Yam Festival).

The renowned Chief is expected to cap this year's Yam Festival celebration, which started on August 6, with other traditional leaders and the people of the Asogli State on Sunday, September 11.

Besides upholding tradition, the one-month-long festival seeks to foster and promote unity, reconciliation, stocktaking, and development in the Asogli State.

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Videos show persons packing the gifts into the car that brought them.
Photos of Togbe Afede and Ken Agyapong. Credit: Graphic Online/Ghanaweb
Source: Twitter

The occasion also provides the chiefs and people in the Asogli State the annual opportunity to reunite with their ancestors and reaffirm their allegiance to the Agbogbome Stool.

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Graphic Online reports that Kennedy Agyapong graced a sitting on Friday at the Asogli State Palace Forecourt in Ho with gifts.

The gifts were, however, rejected at the durbar on the grounds that the MP uses unkind words on Togbe Afede.

In videos, some voices at the durbar ground could be heard booing away the outspoken legislator.

Watch the clips below:

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.