The one-week observance for the late Member of Parliament for the Akwatia constituency, Ernest Yaw Kumi, was held at the Akyem Wenchi Funeral Grounds on Friday, August 29, 2025.
Ernest Kumi
Ernest Kumi: NPP Supporters Hoot at Asiedu Nketia and NDC Officials at Late MP’s One-Week Observance Source: TikTok
Many top officials from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), including former President Nana Akufo-Addo, former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Matthew Opoku-Prempeh and Minority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, were present at the solemn event.
The late Ernest Yaw Kumi’s widow, family members and the residents of Akwatia also attended the one-week observance to mourn.
NPP supporters hoot at NDC members
At the one-week observance in Akwatia, officials from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), including the party’s National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, also showed up to mourn the late Ernest Kumi.
However, chaos ensued as the NDC officials received a hostile reception from numerous supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during their arrival at the Akyem Wenchi Funeral Grounds.
In a video seen by YEN.com.gh, angry NPP supporters hooted at Johnson Asiedu Nketia and his entourage immediately and called for them to leave after they stormed the funeral grounds.
Tensions escalated at the one-week observance event as supporters from the NPP and NDC almost engaged in a physical altercation
The video of NPP supporters hooting at Asiedu Nketia and the NDC officials is below:
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