Don’t bury Jerry John Rawlings in Asomdwe Park

General news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-11-14

The popular prophet and leader of the Ghana Trade Union Movement (GUM) warned the state and family of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings not to bury the statesman in Asomdwe Park.

Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, told reporters that during a visit to Rawlings to host his party sometime this year, the former president specifically mentioned that he did not want to be buried in that cemetery.

Asomdwee Park is Ghana’s first presidential mausoleum and the cemetery of the late President John Evans Atta Mills.

“The day I visited him at his residence before he died, he told me something that I intend to pass on to his family and the state. He told me that he is praying that I win and that if I win and he passes away, I should make sure he is not buried in the presidential mausoleum. He told me he doesn’t want to be buried there, ”Osofo Kyiri Abosom said in Twi.

“Rawlings told me that he wants to be buried in a different place. Then I’ll tell your wife [Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings]. I even have a video recording of this. I can show it to you, ”Kyiri Abosom told reporters after arriving at the Rawlings’ residence to express the family’s condolences.

The GUM leader explained that although the late former president did not specify where he would like to be buried, his hometown in the Volta Region would, in his opinion, be a good resting place.

He said that Rawlings even joked that he will chase him. [Kyiri Abosom] if he allows his body to be buried in the presidential mausoleum.

Speaking of his campaign, he said he has the charisma and courage to lead Ghana like Rawlings did and urged Ghanaians to vote for him on December 7, 2020.

He described the late president as a selfless and courageous statesman.

Rawlings, 73, passed away suddenly on November 12, 2020, after a brief illness at Korle Bu University Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment.

The founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was last seen in public on October 19, during the final funeral rites that led to the burial of his mother, Victoria Agbotui.