Graphic & Times

The two leading dailies, the Ghanaian Times and the Daily Graphic announce the death of the Okyenhene Osagyefuo Kuntunkununku III. The 57-year-old president of the National House of Chiefs and member of the council of state is said to have died in the early hours of yesterday. The two papers however give conflicting reports as where he died. While the Times say that he died on his way to the 37 Military hospital in Accra, the Graphic states that the Osagyefuo died at the Ridge hospital also in Accra. The more detailed Times account has it that when the Osagyefuo known in private life as Dr. Alex Fredua Agyeman, felt unwell at home a doctor was called to his side. The doctor, who was unidentified, is reported to have given him first aid and recommended that he was sent to hospital. However, the report continues he died before he got there. He is said to be lying in the 37 Military Hospital morgue. According to the Graphic, senior citizens of Akyem Abuakwa are holding an emergency meeting behind closed doors, they have neither confirmed nor denied the Okyehene's death. Osagyefuo Kuntunkunuku III was enstooled 2nd August 1976 as the 34th occupant of the Ofori Panyin Stool.