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Serbian Honorary Consul in Ghana, Mr. Steve Mawuenyega, was found dead in a room in a house near the US Embassy in Accra.
He was 63 years old.
Until his death, Mr. Mawuenyega was also a member of the General Assembly of the Honorary Consular Corps of Ghana (HCCGH) and was also in charge of relations between Serbia and the Government of Ghana.
Police report
Accra Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer Effia Tenge, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic.
She said the daughter of the late Mawuenyega reported her father’s death to Cantonments police at around 1 a.m. yesterday.
The girl, whose name has not been released, told police she had been trying to reach her father by phone for three days without success.
According to Ms Tenge, the daughter went home at around 12:20 am yesterday and knocked on the father’s door several times without a response.
With the help of a caretaker in the house, the girl peeked through a window and saw her father lying motionless while lying in his bedroom.
Police were contacted and after the body was examined, it was transferred to the morgue at the police hospital, Ms. Tenge said.
Family source
A source close to the family said she was shocked by the death of Mr. Mawuenyega because there was no indication that he had fallen ill.
“The family is in shock right now because his death is a big blow. The family would await the results of the autopsy, ”the source told the Daily Graphic.
The source said that at around 1 a.m., Mr. Mawuenyega’s daughter made a distress call about the incident to the family and they quickly contacted the police and ambulance service. Unfortunately, the source said, when police attended the address, they found the consul dead.
An initial examination was carried out, after which the remains were transported to the police hospital morgue where an autopsy is expected to be performed later this week.
Brief profile
The late Mr. Mawuenyega was a businessman and the executive chairman of Contrast Incorporated.
In 2019, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dacic, during a visit to Ghana, proposed to Mr. Mawuenyega to be appointed Honorary Consul of Serbia in Accra, role which was subsequently approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul’s own country and to facilitate commerce and friendship between the peoples of the two countries.
They are usually renowned people and business tycoons who have a bearing in the political and business environment of the country of residence.
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