Tamale Dakpema is not a ‘Chief’ but a Fetish Priest, Yaa-Naa clarifies

Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama II 

Overlord of Dadgon His Majesty Ndan Ya-Na has clarified that Tamale Dakpema Bawa Fuseini is not a recognized chief within the traditional system of Dagbon but a Fetish Priest otherwise known as a “Tindana”.

According to Ndan Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama II Naa Yaba Gulkpe Naa is the Paramount Chief of the Gulkpegu Traditional Area and is in charge of the Greater Tamale Metropolis and serve as the official representative of His Majesty Ndan Ya-Na in Tamale.

It will be recalled that Diamondfmonline.com on January 29, 2022 reported about the seeming confusion between some Paramount Chiefs and the Tamale Dakpema over the later holding himself publicly as the paramount Chief of Tamale.

At a press conference addressed by Secretary to the Gulkpegu Naa, Mohammed Rashad, the Chiefs said the Tamale Dakpema was not a member of both the Dagbon Traditional Council and the Northern Regional House of Chiefs hence, he cannot hold himself as Paramount Chief of Tamale.

The Dakpema Bawa Fuseini, at a public event at his palace on February 13, 2022 however revealed that, the “Tamale Dakpema is not a Tindaan Kpiegu but rather Tindaan Gban-Yara, and therefore does not fall under any chief within the Tamale traditional area.

He further explained that, “the Tindaan Gban-Yara is a landed chief with his subjects while the Tindaan Kpiegu is a Tindana under the name of supervision of another chief”.

But the Ya-Na in a letter addressed to the Mayor of Tamale and intercepted by Diamond FM, indicated that, “the present confusion is arising from the fact that some- of the role players in the Traditional System have deliberately assumed roles that, by Dagbon custom, they are not supposed to play. The Tamale Dakpema is particularly guilty of this and it is surprising because he knows the truth”.

Read and /or download below the letter from the Ya-Na to the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Tamale.