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Okudzeto Ablakwa donates collections from his father’s funeral and memorial service to Battor Hospital
Okudzeto Ablakwa donates collections from his father’s funeral and memorial service to Battor Hospital
Member of Parliament (MP) for the people of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has donated all collections received at his late father’s funeral and memorial service to Battor Catholic Hospital.
During the ceremony, the family made an announcement that all monies received would be donated to the Battor Catholic Hospital.
Revealing the gesture on Tuesday, the MP wrote on facebook, “consistent with our family’s announcement at the funeral & memorial service of my late dad, we were at the Battor Catholic Hospital earlier today to donate all collections received for the family during the service.”
“We hope it would help vulnerable patients in need of financial support.
We are grateful to you all for your heartwarming generosity,” he posted.
The legislator,last Saturday, August 14, 2021, laid his father, Theophilus Brown Okudzeto to rest at Battor.
The ceremony was graced by former President H.E. John Mahama; Rt. Hon. former Speaker Edward Doe Adjaho; Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban Bagbin’s delegation, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang; Ministers of State including Dr. Archibald Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, over 80 MPs from both sides of the aisle, NDC national and regional executives among other distinguished personalities.
Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
