Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday joined thousands of mourners at the final funeral rights of the late Paramount Chief of the Mion Traditional Area of Dagbon, Mionlana Abdulai Mahamadu at Mion in the Northern Region.

The ex-President was accompanied by the former Vice President and 2024 Flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, 2024 Running Mate, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, former Finance Minister, Adam Mohammed Amin, and former NPP Members of Parliament to bid farewell to the late traditional ruler.

His visit to mourn with the King and people of Dagbon further deepened his relationship with the Dagbon Kingdom, where he was also enskinned as the Dagbon Malti-Naa for his role in the restoration of peace, after decades of the protracted Abudu and Andani chieftaincy conflict of Dagbon.

A powerful delegation of Abudu Chiefs led by the Paramount Chief of Karaga, Kari Naa Nantogmah Abdulai, visited the former President at his Nima residence in Accra, to formally inform him about the funeral a few weeks ago.

Mionlana Abdulai was enskinned by Ndan Ya-Naa Abukari II after the performance of the funeral of his father, Ya Naa Mahamadu IV, in January 2019.

Born in 1974, the late Mionlana was enskinned as the Boling-Lana at the age of 14, after the passing of his father, the late Yaa Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV.

He was enskinned as Mion Lana on March 3, 2019, by Ya Naa Abukari II, following the successful implementation of the Dagbon peace pact in January 2019.

As Mionlana, Naa Abdulai was one of three Princes of Dagbon who were in line to succeed Ndan Ya Naa Abukari, occupying the Mion gate-skin.

He died in August 2022 at the age of 48.

His funeral was climaxed on Thursday at the Mion palace, where his eldest son and Regent of Mion, Gbanglana Alhassan Abdulai, was ushered by family elders to circumambulate the palace as part of how Dagbon royal funerals are climaxed.

Chiefs and mourners from both the Abudu and Andanis graced the occasion to bid farewell to the Dagbon prince and celebrate his life.


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