Family: We'll bury Jerry Rawlings in Anlo state
The Agbotui and Allied families of former President Jerry John Rawlings have insisted that he will be buried in Anlo, which is in sharp contrast to government’s announcement.
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The Agbotui and Allied families of former President Jerry John Rawlings have insisted that he will be buried in Anlo, which is in sharp contrast to government’s announcement.
The Agbotui, Tamakloe and Allied families, in a letter delivered to the Presidency on Tuesday 19th January and sighted by Citi News, are demanding the remains of the late President Jerry John Rawlings, also known as Togbe Nutifafa I, for other traditional rites to be performed before his burial. According to the letter co-signed by Napoleon Kwame Agbotui and Godson Agbotui, who are Secretary and Chairman respectively to the Agbotui, Tamakloe and Allied families, an initial plan to
The family of the late President Jerry John Rawlings have demanded for his mortal remains to be interred in Anlo in the Volta Region.
The letter signed by Napoleon Kwame Agbotui and Godson Agbotui, Secretary and Chairman respectively to the Agbotui, Tamakloe, and Allied Families, said an initial plan to perform the traditional rites for the late President on January 22 and 23, 2021, ahead of the state's funeral and burial has been canceled and rescheduled for the January 29 and 30, 2021. It said "the chief and people of Anlo led by the Agbotui and Tamakloe families have resolved to take possession of their beloved departed son’s remains and to proceed to continue with the Final Traditional Rites and burial...