The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has expressed the need to bring closure to the autopsy report of late former President, John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills.
He says the controversies surrounding the report does not auger well for the state and the family, and has called on the section of the former president’s family who claim to have the report to make it available for those demanding it.
Mr. Asamoah Boateng who led the maternal family of the late Mills to thank President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House last week was answering questions from the media Wednesday, January 24, 2024, during a press conference about the development of Ekumfi.
It was also to address issues that had cropped up following last week’s courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House by the maternal family head of the late President Mills.
According to him, he would support a coroner’s inquest which he believes will settle the matter once and for all.
He explained that the coroner’s inquest was not a trial but to find out what actually took place because, “for us as a nation it is important to set the records straight so that it does not happen again. President Mills was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, and his death should not be treated as such.”
“I will support a coroner’s inquest into the death of Mills for the records to be set straight and for us to have as a guide, how we handle such incidents if they ever occurred again. Nobody will be put on trial. It is for us to know how the system works.
“What do we do as a nation when a sitting president dies? The inconsistencies must be dealt with,” he said.
His response was an answer to a question from a journalist.
Meanwhile, a claim by one of the brothers of the late former president that the autopsy report is with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), according to the minister, is false.
On January 12, 2024, the Kyedomhemaa of Ekumfi Asaman, Nana Enyinfua III, who is the head of the maternal family of the late Mills appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assist the family to get the autopsy report regarding the death of President Mills.
Nana Enyinfua made the call when she led a delegation from the Oduma Clan of Ekumfi to thank the President for refurbishing the final resting place of the late President Mills.
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