The Regent of Sang in the Mion District of the Northern Region is fighting for his life at Tamale Teaching Hospital after being kidnapped and brutalised by armed men from the Gbewaa Palace.
Zamanguni Gumede, Mampintsha's mother, was hospitalised after collapsing.
He is presently being treated at the accident and emergency department for brain injuries and other issues caused by the beatings.
According to an unidentified health worker, the regent is in serious condition.
According to a relative of the regent who corroborated the occurrence, the regent was abducted in his palace on Wednesday night, about 9 p.m., by six armed men who identified themselves as palace guards and were dispatched by Dagbon's overlord, Yaa Naa Abukari Mahama II.
"They [armed men] came to the palace, six of them with guns, and went straight to the regent’s room who by that time was about to sleep. They told him they were sent by the Yaa Naa to get him out of the palace because he will be installing a new chief tomorrow Thursday", the relative narrates.
"I was not in the room but I heard the regent attempted to resist and that was what got them irritated. Then they started to beat him. He was beaten for several minutes to the point where he became weak before he was taken away by the men. No one in the whole community came to his rescue, not even his close neighbours. At one point, the regent cried like a baby but not a single person came out to at least find out what was happening to the regent", the relative adds.
The armed men were also accused of stealing a large quantity of money and the regent's weaponry.
The regent himself, who was able to communicate with the family surrounding him, stated that he was brought to an unknown place where he was beaten until he passed out.
He claimed that the armed men accused him of insulting the Yaa Naa's authority by refusing to prepare and perform his late father's burial, which occurred years ago, in order for him [the Yaa Naa] to enskin a new leader for Sang.
According to sources, the Yaa Naa took the step after repeated failed attempts to induce the regent to attend his late father's burial and vacate the palace.
As per reports, the Regent reportedly told the Yaa Naa that he could not be forced to attend his father's burial and that such a decision should be made only by his late father's family and elders.
This is not the first time the Yaa Naa has sent palace militias into Dagbon to carry out or enforce his orders.
Last year, the Yaa Naa dispatched armed men to grab a traditional drum from the Dakpemah palace in Tamale, despite the Dakpemah's instructions to stop playing the drum at his castle.
Although Yendi palace guards were successful in taking the drum, shooting exchanges in the area eventually resulted in the deployment of strong security personnel, who continue to defend the palace to this day.
However, the Yaa Naa has yet to dispatch palace militias to Nanton, Dimabi, Yong Dakpemah, and other Abudu-dominated towns where his authority is being questioned.
Yaa Naa's approach has been criticised as improper and unlawful by many individuals.
The Gbewaa palace was not available for comments.
Meanwhile, the Yaa Naa has enskinned Gburimani's chief as the new chief of Sang. The biological father of the Gbewaa palace secretary is the new chief of Sang.
After being accompanied to the village by highly armed police and military troops, the new leader has taken up his post in Sang.
In a similar event, the Yaa Naa has also enskinned a new chief of Nyankpala, despite the fact that the late NyankpaLanalana's burial is yet to take place.
As the new chief was being escorted into town by security personnel, there were gunshots fired by unhappy regent supporters.
The security men have subsequently taken over the regent's palace.
The Yaa Naa had a frosty relationship with the immediate late Nyankpala before his death.
The late Nyankpal-Lana accused the Yaa Naa, who was the head of Savelugu at the time, of collaborating with the NPP administration and the committee of three famous chiefs to defraud the Andani Family.