The newly outdoored overload of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Mahama Abukari II has denied media reports that President Akufo-Addo has presented him a brand new Jaguar just after his investiture.
According to Yaa Naa, the Jaguar was rather a gift from a close friend.
Media reports on Friday, January 25 after the historic outdooring of Yaa Naa suggested that President Akufo-Addo has gifted the Yaa Naa a new Jaguar after a formal request from him.
Responding to the issues, Minister of Information Kojo Opong Nkrumah said he is not familiar with the issue of the purported new car given to Yaa Naa.
Read also:Â Dagbon: Colourful pictures from the historic outdooring of Yaa Naa
Interview at his Gbewaa Palace on Saturday, Yaa Naa Abukari II rejected reports that the car was presented owing to a formal request he made.
Yaa Naa
Speaking through an interpreter, the paramount chief said the gift came as a surprise to him, hence his facial expression on Friday when it was presented.
He said he was excited by the gesture as he did not expect it.
Read also: Significance of Nana Addo’s yellow smock at Yaa-Naa’s investiture explained
He, however, stopped short of mentioning the donor, saying it will be unfair to disclose his name in public, though the person is a close associate.
The Kingdom of Dagbon finally have a new Yaa Naa after seventeen years of conflict over who becomes the overlord.
The investiture was a historic day in the lives of the people of Dagbon as a new Yaa Naa was crowned in Yendi.
Coronation is expected to bring to an end the protracted chieftaincy dispute which has robbed the people of Dagbon of peace for nearly two decades.
Latest Business news on primenewsghana.com Â
Â