All is set in the Mfantseman constituency for the final funeral rites of its murdered Member of Parliament (MP), Ekow Quansah Hayford on Saturday, November 28.
Today, Friday, November 27, 2020, has been dubbed ‘Mfantseman Goes Red’ and has been set aside as a night of hymns and tributes in honour of the late MP at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Mankessim.
Reports indicate that the body will be taken through the principal streets of the Mfantseman Constituency – Yamoransa, Saltpond, Anomabo, Abeadze Dominase, Baifikrom, Mankessim and Kyeakor.
It will finally end at the Abeadze Nkusukum-Duadze road where the incident happened, to perform some rituals before being conveyed to School Kessim (AstroTurf) park where the body will be laid in state.
It will later be conveyed to the Mankessim cemetery for interment.
Finally, a thanksgiving service will be organised at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Mankessim on Sunday morning November 29, 2020, to climax the funeral.
The late Hayford was shot dead by unknown assailants while returning from a campaign tour on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze road in the Central Region at about 1:00 am on Friday, October 9, 2020.
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