Family bond between Akufo-Addo and Rawlings revealed

Jerry Rawlings is seen in this photo with President Akufo-Addo

• Akwamu historian says Akufo-Addo and Rawlings are related

• Victoria Agbotui is said to be from the same royal household as Akufo-Addo’s grandmother

• The historian also made another fascinating revelation about the Akufo-Addo lineage

Akwamu State has claimed almost unbelievably that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is a nephew of former President Flt. Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings.

According to the chief of staff and curator of the Akwamu Museum, Nana Samanhyia Darko II, President Akufo-Addo, contrary to popular belief, is not an Akyem, but an Akwamu.

“Akufo-Addo is a royal in this house. The aunt was the queen mother before, and the sister is now queen mother here. In the Akan system, we become seriously matrilineal, so Akufo-Addo, for all intents and purposes, is an Akwamu, a typical Akwamu.

“The grandmother migrated from here to get married to Akyem, so in Akyem he is a grandson at the stool, but here [Akwamu] he’s a royal. So I categorically say that he is not an Akyem, ”he insisted, according to a report from myjoyonline.com.

According to the report, the Akwamu historian also revealed a fascinating family connection between President Akufo-Addo and the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings, stating that they are related.

He claimed that the late mother of the late former president, Victoria Agbotui, was from the same royal household as the maternal grandmother of the incumbent president.

“Rawlings’ mother is from the same household as Akufo-Addo’s grandmother. The Agbotui, Kugblenu and Haymans of Keta are all from this royal house [in Akwamu]. It’s a fact … I saw Rawlings, and I asked him. Are you not an Akwamu and he said, “I am an Akwamu,” he added.

Nana Samanhyia noted that Akwamu State can boast of leading the liberation of black Africans through the Asamani who captured Christiansborg Castle in colonial times.