Kristo Asafo Church Lawyer Pushes For Internal Settlement After Family Shooting

The legal representative managing the corporate and spiritual estate of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana has proposed an alternative conflict resolution pathway. Legal counsel Nana Kofi Safo Kantanka has urged all involved parties to pull the ongoing leadership dispute out of the public domain and handle it through traditional internal mechanisms instead.

Speaking during a live broadcast of Eyewitness News on Tuesday June 23 2026, the church lawyer emphasized that activating structured dialogue with council elders remains the safest way to prevent further escalation.

The urgent call for an out-of-court resolution highlights a major structural push to protect the foundational legacy of the late founder, Apostle Kwadwo Safo.

Logic dictates that when a deeply respected religious institution starts settling internal succession arguments with shotguns and police handcuffs, nobody wins except the media houses enjoying the traffic. The legal drama stems from a chaotic weekend confrontation where former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament Sarah Adwoa Safo sustained injuries.

Following the public outbreak of violence, state prosecutors officially arraigned nine individuals before the Adentan Circuit Court, slapping them with heavy criminal charges including the unlawful possession of weapons and discharging firearms in public. While the nine suspects have all pleaded not guilty and secured bail, Lawyer Safo Kantanka maintains that the church and the family possess the full spiritual and administrative authority to fix their own house.

He revealed that the mission’s leadership is fully prepared to use its internal dispute resolution frameworks to seek an amicable, permanent settlement among the siblings.

Hoping to build a peaceful spiritual community while dragging your own family members through intense, highly publicized criminal trials is a massive logical misstep. While the state courts must do their basic duty to maintain public order, true institutional healing requires a quiet, honest conversation behind closed doors.

Settling complex estate matters requires mature logic rather than emotional outbursts or private security muscle. By taking a clear stand for immediate internal mediation, the Kristo Asafo legal team is using straightforward wisdom to protect the massive social investments of the mission, showing that even the toughest institutional storms can be solved when family elders choose peace over pride.

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