Bury late Mamponghene in next 3 weeks - Asantehene directs Mamponghemaa

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has directed the Asante Mamponghemaa, Nana Agyakoma Difie II, to guarantee that the burial of the precocious Mamponghene, Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, takes spot wrong the adjacent 3 weeks.

Insisting that helium does not privation to judge immoderate delays successful the ceremonial arrangements, Otumfuo says the one-week reflection of Asanteman's second-in-command should beryllium scheduled for adjacent Monday, May 12.

In bid for the Asantehene to hide his second-in-command and occupant of the Silver Stool of Asanteman, helium wants the ceremonial to beryllium planned 3 weeks pursuing the one-week observance.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II gave instructions astatine an Asanteman gathering successful Kumasi connected Monday, May 5, that helium wanted everything to beryllium done close away, including appointing a caller main to regenerate the precocious Occupant of the Silver Stool aft the 40-day reflection was over.

Otumfuo stated that helium wants the successor to beryllium selected close distant pursuing the 40-day mark.

"Tell his parent the Mamponghemaa that I don't privation immoderate delays. Within 40 days we indispensable implicit everything. She should observe the one-week solemnisation adjacent week, 3 weeks aft that I privation to hide my royal. After that she should look for the successor to beryllium enstooled," the Asantehene stated.

Daasebre Osei Bonsu II died connected Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.

The Asantehene was notified of the decease past Monday, arsenic is customary.

The Gyaasehene, Nana Boakye Yiadom Atonsa, past made a nationalist connection successful Mampong.

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, the 86-year-old Mamponghene was initially brought to the KNUST Hospital successful Kumasi. From there, helium was sent to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), besides successful Kumasi, wherever helium was declared deceased.

He precocious made headlines erstwhile helium issued an ultimatum to immoderate members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) successful his accepted country to apologise for saying “no Asante volition beryllium allowed to go MCE of Mampong.”

Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, known successful backstage beingness arsenic Saint Oswald Gyimah-Kessie, was calved connected December 31, 1939.

He was a lawyer and an economist by assemblage and antecedently served arsenic Registrar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Until his death, helium served arsenic the Vice President of the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs.