Tears Flow As Family Bids Farewell To Cop Who died In Fire With Family

It was a solemn moment as friends, family, and sympathisers bid their farewell to the police officer who died in fire with the family on Saturday. 

The vibrant young man and his family perished after fire gutted a police apartment at Apromase on January 16, 2023.

The late police officer was attached to the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Command.

The funeral rites, which were held in his hometown, Adomfe in the Asante-Akim South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, also had in attendance the top hierarchy of the Ghana Police Service.

Colleagues, sympathisers and family, who were still in a state of shock over his death, struggled with tears as they filed past his body.

The 35-year-old police officer was described by most as a hardworking individual and a committed member of the service.

His wife, 32-year-old Millicent Akyaa Agyei, and the three-month-old child, Samuel Kwabena Baafi Nyamedo who died in the incident were also buried.

The coffin of the late police officer was draped in a Ghana Police Service flag with a service cap placed on it.

Both coffins were escorted by Senior Police Officers in a procession and a final gun salute at the cemetery to honour the late officer.

Senior Police Officers who were present included; Director-General administration, COP Christian Tetteh Yohunu, Director-General Legal and Prosecution, COP. Nathan Kofi Boakye and Director-General, Human Resource Development, COP Frederick Adu Anim.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah led other Government appointees to console the bereaved family.

Flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kennedy Agyapong and a leading member of the NPP in the Ashanti Region, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah also led a separate delegation to commensurate with the family.