Dr. Richard Twum Barimah, the NPP's Eastern Regional First Vice Chairman, has expressed his displeasure with Nene Nanekey Terkpertey Ofori Agor IX, the Divisional Chief of Okper in the Yilo Krobo Traditional Area, for bringing him [Dr. Twum] into a chieftaincy dispute in the area.

As a result, Dr. Twum Barimah the traditional ruler, who is also official of the Ghana Police Service has reported to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.

The General Legal Counsel has also been asked to punish the Okper chief for bringing discredit to the legal profession given his background as a lawyer.

It will be recalled that Nene Nanekey Terkpertey Ofori Agor IX last weekend launched scathing allegations of interference against Dr. Richard Twum Barimah, in the raging chieftaincy dispute in the area as well as instigating and leading acts of thuggery and attacks on opposing chieftaincy factions.

The chief accused the NPP chair of “disintegrating, destroying, also tearing apart and ravaging” Yilo Krobo, which is holding the people of Somanya hostage and thereby depriving the Municipal of its much-needed development.

Citing various incidents allegedly perpetrated by Mr. Barimah, Nene Agor accused the politician of being the mastermind behind an attack on the youth of Okperpiem on 15th November 2021 which led to four persons being injured.

The chief also alleged that the Regional First Vice Chairman days ago sponsored some traditional leaders to invade Okperpiem where they attempted to install Asafoatse, Asafoatse Many, and some youth leaders within the enclave.

He blamed the continuous acts of lawlessness on the Somanya police who have failed to act on the numerous complaints reported to them about these incidents.

He also accused him of instigating clashes in some chieftaincy issues in Yilo Krobo despite not being an indigene of the area, Nene Agor said, Twum Barimah is the brain behind the Konor chieftaincy problems at Sra.

Nene Agor further threatened to organize a demonstration against the politician if he did not put a stop to his illegitimate activities in the Okper area.

However, the constituency chairman for Yilo Klo, Alhaji Teye Abubakar has in a press statement denied the allegations leveled against Mr. Twum Barimah as he condemns the chief's ethnocentric attack and false accusations on the politician.

Setting the records straight, Alhaji Teye Abubakar said "Dr. Twum is a native of Krobo who hails from Plau, born and bred in Yilo Klo, with his village being Klo Akwapem and Oluwahia in the Yilo Krobo municipality".

"Mr. Twum is from Plau Wetso and not Okpeh Wetso, so how can he be involved in the chieftaincy issues in Okpeh and Sra?" portions of the statement queried.

It added that, "As a police officer and a lawyer, we expect Dennis Yao Terkpetey, aka Tukpe, to follow due process by initiating legal processes to deal with all of the claims he is making, rather than defaming Dr. Twum's character and disparaging The NPP in Yilo. And it is on this basis that the Party in Yilo Klo will petition the General Legal Council and the IGP."

"Dennis Yao Terkpetey, aka Tukpe, is aggrieved because his friends lost in the recent constituency elections and blame Dr. Twum for that," the statement clarified.

"We are worried about the peace that Dennis Terkpetey Yao, aka Tukpe, wants to disturb in Yilo, using the chieftaincy as a decoy. We expect him to know better as a police officer and to stop this attitude, which undermines the very police institution in which he works. He must stay out of the party politics in Yilo Klo.

"We want to put it on record that the people of Yilo Klo are proud of Dr. Twum; they love and cherish him for the immense and numerous supports he has been giving to them in terms of youth and women's empowerment, drilling boreholes, and providing corn mills to communities in Yilo Krobo. And as a party, we have advised Dr. Twum to seek redress in court for the defamatory statements made by Dennis Yao Terkepetey, aka Tukpe".

The Party, however, urged the Ghana Police Service to call the Chief to order avoid any further melee which may disturb the peace of the Yilo Klo state.