Daasebre Nana Osei Bonsu II, the respected conventional ruler of Asante Mampong is said dead.
The Asante-Mampong hene dies after years of devoted carrier to the Ashanti Kingdom.
The overdue Daasebre Osei Bonsu II occupies the silver stool because the appearing overlord of the Ashanti nation withinside the absence of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
He became one of the Paramount Chiefs of the Asante-Mampong Traditional Area who reigned for 26 strong years with out experiencing any pointless chieftaincy disputes.
According to facts at Mampong, he’s the most effective Paramount leader established considering 1930 and there have now no longer been any chieftaincy disputes and different litigations withinside the Traditional Area.
The tenure of Daasebre Osei Bonsu delivered absolute peace to the Traditional Area.
Daasebre Osei Bonsu II became enstooled on August 25, 1996, while he succeeded his direct uncle, Nana Atakora Amaniampong II, who abdicated.
He is understood in non-public lifestyles as Saint Oswald Gyimah-Kessie and became born on December 31, 1939.
He is a fabricated from Prempeh College and the University of Ghana, Legon.
Before he became enstooled as Mamponghene, Daasebre became the Registrar on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
It may be recalled the respected conventional ruler became withinside the information pretty these days while he issued an ultimatum to the management of the National Democratic Congress withinside the Mampong Constituency.
According to the Ashanti Mampong Traditional Council led through the Mamponghene, the NDC Mampong has much less than 24 hours to retract their anti-Ashanti feedback made through a few teenagers of the celebration .
Speaking at his palace on Sunday, April 13, 2025, Daasebre Osei Bonsu fumed saying, “Why are a few humans , whether or not they have been under the influence of alcohol or excessive on the ones crimson or blue or some thing you name them, so mad that they felt the want to wreck what all of us percentage as a humans ? And you, the celebration leaders, sense scared to name them to order. It isn’t nice; it’s far very disgraceful”.
“Advise the ones withinside the NDC who positioned up the despicable act. They have till day after today afternoon… If now no longer , we will shake matters up for them to realize that we wield the strength and the whole jurisdiction”, he stated.
Daasebre Osei Bonsu added, “Because of my paintings on the university, I actually have travelled a lot. There isn’t anyt any vicinity you point out that I don’t realize of. But our vicinity is the most effective vicinity in which you discover Sarkin Zongo, Ewe Chiefs, and whatnot… You are all Mampong humans .
We recognize and deal with every body as equal, so why are a few humans seeking to purpose department amongst us?” he questioned.