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Press Release
NPP
April 04, 2016
JAKE TO BE LAID TO
REST ON APRIL 22
The
former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, the late
Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, will be laid to rest on
Friday, April 22, 2016, Nii Lante Otanka II, Acting
Lante Djan We Mantse, has disclosed.
According to Nii Lante Otanka
II, the body of the late Chairman will be brought to
Ghana, from the United Kingdom, on Tuesday, April 12.
Jake, as he was popularly known, passed away on Sunday,
March 20, in London.
Nii
Lante Otanka II, together with members of the family of
the late Chairman, including his brothers, Afadi and Nii
Lantey, made this known when he called on the 2016
presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, at his Nima residence on Monday, April 4,
2016, to inform him of the final funeral arrangements.
“The
first part of the funeral will be a pre-burial service
on April 21, 2016 at the Accra Ridge Church, from 6pm to
10pm. This will be a Celebration of his Life, and in
accordance with his wishes, the attire will be ‘Joyful
Colours’” he said.
He
continued, “The second part will be a Burial, Funeral
and Thanksgiving Service on April 22, 2016, at the
forecourt of the State House, and again, in accordance
with his wishes, the attire will be white.”
The body of the late NPP
Chairman, he added, will be laid to rest at a private
funeral ceremony.
In the
presence of the acting National Chairman of the NPP,
Freddie Blay, the National Treasurer of the party,
Kwabena Abankwah Yeboah, his brother, Edward, and wife,
Rebecca, Nana Akufo-Addo thanked the family of the late
NPP Chairman for the courtesy of the visit and assured
them of his and the party’s support for the funeral.
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