The mortal remains of the late General F. W. K. Akuffo was buried in the courtyard of his house at Akuapem-Akropong on Thursday.
The casket, containing the remains of the former Head of State was draped in national colours and was carried to the grave side by pall bearers from the army and was given the last post after prayers by the Reverend E. S. Mate-Kojo, former Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church.
In a sermon, Rev. Mate-Kojo observed that nations often held ceremonies to remember their fallen heroes in war, but the real pain was often in the hearts of relations of the fallen heroes. He said the tyranny of dictators had often made men of goodwill to rise up against wars and evil deeds.
Rev. Mate-Kojo said, "it is the wicked ones who often lock up their minds to what was good and noble, but that only lived for a while as the human ability to remember make criminals often break down to tell their evil deeds".
After the casket had been lowered into the grave, a group of former army officers present at the funeral went to the grave side to pay their last respect to the late Akuffo.
Notable among the retired army officers were Rear Admiral Ohene Kwapong, Colonel Ofosu Apea and Brigadier F. A. Agyemfra.
Earlier, the remains of the late Head of State, accompanied by family members and led by a police motorcade and a group of soldiers, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Albert Yaw Assene was met from Accra at the Larteh Junction by some family members, chiefs and the Akuapem North District Chief Executive, Dr,(Mrs) Eugenia Quist.
Nana Addo Panyin, Adumhene of Akuapem Traditional Area, who was responsible for the burial of members in the royal family formerly received the casket of the late General Akuffo and poured libation for the safe arrival of the remains and performed the necessary rites to enable the remains to be carried to Akropong township.
As the arrival ceremony was going on, Mrs Emily Akuffo arrived at the scene and shed tears as she opened her arms to embrace the hearse carrying the remains of her late husband shouting "miwura, miwura" but family members consoled her and accompanied her back into her car.
The remains of General Akuffo and the convoy moved to Adukrom where the convoy briefly stopped at the family house where prayers were said before the casket was removed and carried to the Adukromhene's Palace.
At the palace, Nana Asare Brempong, Acting head of the Okere chiefs in Akuapem poured libation and the chiefs in the area filed past the casket.
The convoy then drove back to the Akuffo family house at Akropong where libation was poured before the remains was finally conveyed to his final resting place.
Among the large number of dignitaries present at the funeral were Mr. Agyare Koi-Larbi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akropong, Mr. Mike Gizo, MP for Shai-Osudoku, Mr. Dan Botwe, General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Adi Ankama, Eastern Regional Chairman of NPP, Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa, Akuapemhene and President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs.
