Highlife legend and a subchief at Akropong in the Eastern region George Darko and one other subchief Asonahene Kwasi Omenako have been picked up in a dawn swoop by the Police and personnel from the national security at the Akropong Palace, StarrFMonline.com has gathered.
It is unclear the cause of the arrest but the two are currently at the Eastern regional Police command at Koforidua, a palace source confirmed to StarrFMonline.com Wednesday.
Mr. Darko whose stool name is Tufohene was picked up while sleeping at the disputed palace.
There is a long standing dispute over the rightful claimant to the Akropong stool. The impasse has often led to clashes between youth groups in the area who have declared support for different factions claiming the stool.
About George Darko
George Darko is a Ghanaian highlife musician, who introduced the Burger-highlife with his first hit “Ako ti brofo” (Even Parrots speak English), which was very popular in the early 1980s.
Son of a paramount chief, he was educated at the Presbyterian School at Akropong. After playing for an army band entertaining troops in the Middle East, Darko returned to Ghana and formed the Golden Stool Band.
In the late 1970s the band moved to Germany, where Darko went solo and formed the Bus Stop band in 1982. Returning to Akropong in 1988, he was made Tufuhene of Akropong-Akuapim in 1991 with the stool (throne) name of Nana Yaw Ampem Darko.
In January 2010, he demanded and received apologies from a newspaper which had reported sex allegations in connection with him.
