Chiefs battle family over Otumfou’s body

The Ahanta Traditional Council represented by Nana Aziaku IV, divisional chief of Apemayim and Nana Sene Akura II, the Queen mother, have filed a motion for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain four family members from keeping, preserving, burying and organizing funeral for their late paramount chief, Otumfuo Badu Bonsoe.

The defendants are Ebusuapayin Bolo Kwaw, Joseph Ansah, George Abuah, John Yankeh and Eternity Funeral Home.

The motion, which will be heard by a Sekondi High Court on January 17, 2023 also seeks to restrain the 5th defendant (Eternity Funeral Home) from releasing the body or corpse of the overlord until the hearing and final determination of the suit.

By KWESI ALFRED ADAMS