Nogokpo runs after Agyinasare, leaves for America

The Chiefs and elders of Nogokpo in the Volta Region say they would  show Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, who the real controllers of the cosmic powers are if does not show up in person at their palace within 14 days which started count from last Friday June 2.

Meanwhile, the highly-respected founder and leader of the Perez Chapel International, Agyinasare is said to have left the country with his wife for the United States.

 “They have a few assignments in the United States so they have gone to attend to them. Our father is so busy. By October of one year, his calendar for the following year is already full. He is a highly sought-after man of God. So he has had to attend to a few things in the United States but he would be here with us soon”, Bishop Dr. Selaise Esar Agyinasare informed the congregation just before his sermon for the second service.

Agyinasare, incurred the wrath of the people of Nogokpo and several others when during a recent sermon in his church, he made a statement that “Nogokpo is the demonic headquarters of the Volta Region.”

Though the Christian header, three days after that statement, he meant o harm and that he in no way intended to insult or denigrate the people of Nogokpo, the chiefs and elders have argued that Agyinasare did not specifically retract, apologise and express regret for the statement he made and therefore they demand that he shows in person to offer an explanation within 14 days.

This ultimatum was made known at a press conference held last Friday at the Royal Palace of the Dufia of Nogokpo, Torgbui Saba V.

The press statement read by the palace spokesman, Nufialaga Kobla Mawufemor Nornyibey called on the National Peace Council, the Christian Council and the Minister in Charge of Chieftancy and Religious Affairs to step in and urge Archbishop Agyinasare to do the needful.

Nufialaga Kobla Mawufemor Nornyibey later spoke with Citi Eyewiness news:

““If you listen to what Archbishop Agyinasare said on Sunday, it wasn’t an apology. He rather came to justify it and that is where we realised that he’s taking us for granted. Or perhaps he thinks we cannot do anything. This is very disrespectful, he disrespected his wife and looked into our eyes his in-laws and insulted us”.

“No amount of grammar, English can change what he said, and we were expecting him to come out with a sincere apology not for him to come and start speaking grammar to us. We have given him the 14-day ultimatum, if he likes he should come and do the needful if he likes he should refuse. He can decide to refuse, and we shall see who are the controllers of cosmic power. If he doesn’t do the needful we shall use him as scapegoat,” he noted.

“What he said has cast a shadow on Nogokpo and Volta region, especially with the youth who are struggling to seek jobs and our women who are planning to get married,” Nufialaga Kobla Mawufemor Nornyibey added.

Below is the full statement issued by the Chiefs and people of Nogokpo at the press conference:

We, the Chiefs and people of Nogokpo in the Ketu South Municipality of Volta Region, give 14 Days Ultimatum to Archbishop Dr. Charles Agyin Asare, the founder of Perez Chapel International, to meet us in person for peace talk about a statement he made that, “NOGOKPO IS THE DEMONIC HEADQUARTERS OF VOLTA REGION …”

He made this derogatory statement when he was preaching in a summit at Perez Dome in Accra on May, 2023. In the sermon, he recalled an experience he had alongside with his co-pastor at Nogokpo after attending a crusade in Aflawu.

1. That having listened to the second trending statement he made on Sunday, 28th May, 2023, he did not show any remorse of regretfulness, an indication that he deliberately decided to tarnish the good reputations of the people of Nogokpo.
2. That per our understanding and that of the dictionary meaning (Longman, 2007), he explicitly meant Nogokpo is the headquarters of all wild, cruel and evil people in Volta Region. Perhaps, he might not know the town, Nogokpo, very well.
3. That for evidence based testimony, we want to make it known to him and the general public that when Osagyfo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the 1st President of Ghana, explored all avenues to gain independence for Ghana but all to no avail, he finally visited NOGOKPO and sought divine assistance from the Thunder Deity, TORGBUI ZAKADZA.
4. That it is an open secret Nogokpo is situated along ECOWAS highway where thousands of vehicles that carry goods and human beings ply the route on daily basis but none of them has ever made such derogatory comment about the town

 

5. That the community has never engaged in any inhuman activities or compromised the good reputations for any material gains since time in memory.
6. That we, the people of Nogokpo, are very peaceful, tolerant and have been demonstrating a higher level of decorum and love to neighboring tribes, devoid of their negative tribal sentiments.
7. That though Asare’s comment is too irritating and condemnable enough to result in a direct confrontation, we still remain agent of peace.
8. That we are aware the nonchalant attitudes of some leaders in addressing such religious attacks in other parts of the world are the result of the upsurge in violence we have been witnessing
9. That it is expected that this 14 days ultimatum given to Agyin Asare would serve as a peremptory to do the needful but his rejection might compel us to advise ourselves.
10. That his message that day was just calculated damage mechanism of the usual religious intolerance to weaken African Traditional Religion in the face of the congregation.

That we are the custodians of NOGOKPO so do not want to compromise our ethies, ethos and core values for self-centeredness. We, therefore, wish to petition the Peace Council and the Christian Council to help ARCBISHOP AGYIN ASARE to appear before us within 14 days for amicable resolution. We also wish to appeal to the office of the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ketu South Municipal Assembly, Some Traditional Council, BNI, IGP, and National Security to bring Agyin Asare and the likes to book.

Thank you.

Long live Nogokpo!

Long live Volta Region!!

Long Live Our HOMELAND Ghana

Thank you.

By, Chiefs and People of Nogokpo

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