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General news for Friday, January 29, 2021
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2021-01-29
Secretary of the local funeral planning committee of the traditional Anlo region, Togbi Kumassah described the people who represented Anlo state at the former president’s funeral as impostors.
Some two people, dressed in black, came forward to lay a wreath on behalf of Anlo State, in a wreath-laying ceremony at Flt’s funeral. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings on Wednesday January 27, 2021.
It was perceived that these people could have been delegated by the chiefs of the region, to represent them at the state event.
But speaking to GhanaWeb a day after the funeral, Togbi Kumassah, who speaks on behalf of the Anlo Traditional Council, explained that none of these people had been nominated to represent them. In any case, he explained, the people would only have been delegated with the approval of the Avadada, who is next in command after the king of Anlo State; Awomefia, Togbi Sri III.
“I saw it on TV and couldn’t recognize who did it, but to the best of my knowledge I’m the secretary of the local funeral planning committee, I would have known that the ‘Avadada had delegated someone to do it. on our behalf, which would be very, very strange.
“So I think it would be someone you can call an impostor who claims to be a boss,” he says.
Abgotadua Kumassah believes the move was prompted by people on the family planning committee who wanted to avoid the embarrassment that could have been caused if no representative had come forward to present the crown.
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