Nii Boi Royal Family · Abeka Stool
Royal Dynasty
The complete succession map from Nuumo Apiakai to the present, with who enstooled each leader and when.
The Root
From One Ancestor — Five Pillars
Patriarch of the Nii Boi Royal Family
Nuumo Apiakai
George Boye · Okyeame Apiakai · Born at Ofankor · Born Yaaboi Boye
Asere Land Overseer (~30 yrs) · Most Senior Linguist of the Asere Stool (~1946)
5 wives → 5 Active Houses/Gates · 9 sons · 14 daughters
First Abeka Mantse
Nii Boi I
Rebecca Ayele Quaye House
3rd Wife of Nuumo Apiakai
Winchester Tete Boye · Installed 2 May 1968 · Gazetted 22 Nov 1974
Son of Nuumo Apiakai
Second Abeka Mantse
Nii Boi II
Esther Otua House
5th Wife of Nuumo Apiakai
Enstooled 1982 by George Kwei Boi · Served until c. early 2000s
Son of Nuumo Apiakai
Third Abeka Mantse
Nii Boi III
Esther Otua House
5th Wife of Nuumo Apiakai
Enstooled 2003 by Nii Aban Boi I · Passed 2011
Son of Nuumo Apiakai
First Stool Father & Kingmaker
George Kwei Boi
Akwaley Anan House
2nd Wife of Nuumo Apiakai
Nii Kweipe Boi I · 14 Feb 1968 to 19 May 1991 · Acting Dzaasetse
Son of Nuumo Apiakai
Second Stool Father
Nii Aban Boi I
Akwaley Anan House
2nd Wife of Nuumo Apiakai
Chosen by the family elders as Second Stool Father — never gazetted or on any official books
Son of Nuumo Apiakai
All five are direct sons of Nuumo Apiakai. Nii Boi I, II & III held the political office of Mantse in succession. George Kwei Boi and Nii Aban Boi I were the Stool Fathers — the internal custodial authority who enstools each Mantse. Nii Aban Boi I was chosen by the family elders and is not gazetted or on any official books.
The Root
The Father & The Son
Two roles, one family — how Abeka separated ancestral root from political office
Born at Ofankor · Asere Land Overseer · Most Senior Linguist of the Asere Stool
Nuumo Apiakai
George Boye · Okyeame Apiakai · Born at Ofankor · Born Yaaboi Boye
- ▸Asere Land Overseer for ~30 years before becoming linguist
- ▸Most Senior Linguist of the Asere Stool (~1946)
- ▸Built at Abeka on land given by Nii Ayi Tagoe, Acting Asere Mantse
- ▸Had 5 wives — each producing one of the five royal houses/gates of the Nii Boi Family
- ▸Houses: Naa Korkor Adai · Mary Akweley Anan · Rebecca Ayele Quaye · Elizabeth Naa Shome Norte · Esther Otua
Handover of Secular Power
The Political Front · First Formal Mantse
Nii Boi I
- ▸Born in Accra, went to live at Abeka in 1954
- ▸In 1956 served as Secretary to the Abeka Stool
- ▸Made chief by the people and his father, the linguist George Boye, on the authority of the paramount chief
Formal Succession
Chiefs & Leaders of Abeka
Who sat on the stool and who put them there
Mantse I · Founding Chief
Nii Boi I
First Abeka Mantse
He IS the Mantse I — not an enstooler in this chain
1st Stool Father · Acting Dzaasetse
George Kwei Boi
First Stool Father & Acting Dzaasetse
14 Feb 1968 - 19 May 1991 · First Stool Father and Acting Dzaasetse of Abeka.
Enstooled 1982
Nii Boi II
Abeka Mantse · 2nd
Esther Otua House · 5th Wife2nd Stool Father
Nii Aban Boi I
Second Stool Father
Chosen by the family elders as Second Stool Father. Never gazetted or on any official books.
Mantse
2003 – 2011
Nii Boi III
DeceasedRegent
2022 – 2025
Nii Aban Boi I
DeceasedMantse
2013 – 2022
Nii Boi IV
SuspendedDzaasetse
2013 – Present
Nii Apiakai I
Nii Apiakai Boi I
Currently ServingRegent · Appointed as regent of the Abeka stool on December 5, 2022 following the unanimous resolution of the Nii Boi Royal Family to suspend Nii Boi IV indefinitely. Passed away in 2025 while still serving as regent.
Nii Aban Boi I
Regent — Abeka Stool (Deceased 2025)
2025 — Present
Stool Vacant
Pending Ga Traditional Council determination
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