The Trip to Akrokeri
Nana Sakum decided to go the hometown of his forefathers (i.e. Akrokeri) with a little entourage made up of Akua Kuma, Yaa Akoto, Yaw Agyei and Kofi Medeasa. The entourage for fear of being ambushed by loyals of Nana Ahenkorah decided not to use the normal route to Akrokeri and made a detour through Brekwa.
En route they are said to have met a man from Akim Sweduru at Kokoso who was going to Saltpond. Sakum is said to have given the man a message for his nephew Kwadwo Tano who was staying at Saltpond requesting his nephew to meet him at Baadum. Kwadwo Tano is said to have responded immediately to his uncle’s message and met him at Baadum. Nana Sakum informed his nephew of his predicament and for that matter that of his entourage. Kwadwo Tano is said to have advised his uncle not to go to Akrokeri but to go with him to Saltpond.
Nana Sakum thus decided to go with his nephew to Saltpond. Kwadwo Tano was a trader and he realized that if he was to stay with his uncle and his entourage then some land had to be found for them to work on since they were farmers. Kwadwo Tano is said to have contacted a friend called Peter Ahin (alias Dukuma) who was a dealer in real estate or (sold lands) for some land to buy.
Peter Arhin arranged and sold to his friend Kwadwo Tano part of a piece of land Arhin had himself bought from one Josiah Nyles Abadoo of Saltpond as per registration deed no. 208 23rd December 1889. The sale of the land from Peter Arhin to Kwadwo Tano was also registered in deed no. 105 11th November, 1897. Kwadwo Tano then gave his piece of land lying between rivers Aprampron, Akupon, Okyi (ref fig.1 ) to his uncle and his entourage to settle on and farm on it as they desired.
Nana Sakum decided to call the land Fawomanye (i.e. Fa wo man na ye), implying that Nana Ahenkorah who had banished him could take his land and do as he desired.
1. Akua Kuma:
Alias Boampomaa was the daughter of Akua Asieduaa (Baasem) the first of the seven daughters of Afua Kwakyewaa. Other children of Akua Asiedua were: Kwadwo Tano and Asantewah. Nana Sakum was the son of the sister of Afua Kwakyewaa and thus an uncle to Akua Kuma.
In preparing to go with her uncle, Akua Kuma went to inform her daughter Abena Kuntua (Alias Frempomaa) who was with her husband Kwaku Ampoma then Jasihene of Akim Oda. Akua Kuma informed her daughter of the calamity that had befallen her uncle Sakum and her decision to go with him.
Akua Kuma then took the young daughter of Frempomaa i.e. Yaa Akoto on the trip with his
barnished uncle.
2. Yaa Akoto:
She was the daughter of Abena Kuntua (Frimpomaa) and Kwaku Ampoma alias Yeekum then Jasehene of Akim Oda and grand daughter of Akua Kuma. She was barley 3 years old when her grandmother decided to take her along with her banished great grand uncle. Akua Kuma particularly decided to go with young Yaa Akoto to relieve her mother Abena Kuntua of extra burden as she was pregnant.
3. Yaw Kyei:
Alias Yeboah, he was the son of Yeboah, one of the seven daughters of Afua Kwakyewaa. He is said to have been a keen adventurer who decided to go with his barnished relation in sympathy.
4. Kofi Medease:
He was a slave of Sakum. Sakum is said to have bought him when he lost his children in one of the Ashanti wars. It is said that Sakum did not have a sister so in his distress over his lost children he bought this slave and named him “me de asa” implying mine is all finished.