Family in shock as body of church steward goes missing on burial day

Family members and mourners who had turned up for the funeral of George Kwame Antwi, a deceased steward of the Presbyterian Church at Assin Odumase in the Central Region, were thrown into a state of confusion after discovering that his body was missing from the mortuary.

According to multiple reports online, the family had completed all funeral preparations, including cooking arrangements, and payments for undertakers, sound systems, canopies, mattresses, accommodation, and other logistics ahead of the burial.

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"In a shocking administrative lapse at the Assin Brofoyedru Mortuary, the family was informed only hours before the scheduled burial that their relative had already been interred three months ago by a completely different family who had mistaken him for their 75-year-old patriarch," a post shared on the Instagram page of GH ONE TV on Sunday, January 18, 2026, noted.

40-year-old Antwi passed away in September 2025, and his remains were deposited at the Assin Brofoyedru Mortuary for preservation.

However, when relatives arrived at the facility to retrieve the body for the final funeral rites scheduled for Saturday, January 17, 2026, mortuary attendants were unable to locate his remains.

The development disrupted the entire funeral programme, despite the arrival of mourners from various parts of the country. It remains unclear when the burial will now take place.

Reports indicate that Antwi’s body was mistakenly swapped with that of a 75-year-old man and was buried by another family about three months ago.

In an interview with Citi News on January 17, 2026, the head of the family, Asare Oduro, stated that a delegation had been sent to the mortuary to retrieve the body when the family was instead directed to report to the Assin Fosu Police Station.

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“Before the team could proceed, we were asked to report to the police station, where we were informed that another family had wrongly buried our relative about three months ago,” he said.

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