The Asante Youth Association (AYA) has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to apologise to the Asante Kingdom withing 48hours otherwise, they will make the region a hostile place for him and his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The AYA has since condemned the largest opposition party for what they describe as attempts to use their ‘political gains’ to destroy the Asante Kingdom.

Their comments come on the back of a press statement released by the office of former President John Mahama denying the involvement of Ghana's last monarch, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu in his decision to concede defeat in the 2016 polls.

The Director of Operations for the association, Nana Oppong Boadu asked the ex-Ghana leader to dissociate himself from the press statement released by former Chief of Staff Mr. Julius Debarah.

According to him, failure to retract the statement and apologise within 48 hours will have dire consequences for John Mahama and the NDC in the Ashanti Region.

“We are giving John Mahama 48 hours to come and retract that he did not instruct Julius Debrah to issue that statement. Other than that we are going to make the Ashanti Kingdom a hostile place for himself and his party,” Nana Oppong Boadu stated.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu in a speech at the United Nations conference over the weekend made claims about his intervention in the 2016 General elections, persuading the losing candidate to accept defeat, a claim which has been vehemently denied by the NDC and the office of President Mahama.