Burial rites for Nana Akuoko Sarpong scheduled for November 24 to 26

Ghanaian media personality, AJ Akuoko-Sarpong, has announced that the burial rites of her late father, Nana Kwame Akuoko-Sarpong, the Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area, will take place from Tuesday, November 24, to Thursday, November 26, 2026.

The three-day ceremony, known as Dote Yie, will be held at the Kyei and Krobo Stool Palace in Agogo, in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti Region.

AJ Sarpong announced the arrangements in a social media post on November 9, 2026, inviting family, friends and well-wishers to join the family in honouring the late traditional ruler.

AJ Sarpong pays emotional tribute to late father

According to the programme, the late Omanhene will lie in state from Tuesday, November 24, to Thursday, November 26, at the Agogo Palace.

In her tribute, AJ Sarpong described her father as a statesman, lawyer, former minister of state and paramount chief of Agogo.

She also highlighted his contributions to politics, governance and chieftaincy, while expressing gratitude to those who had supported the family with prayers and messages of condolence in recent months.

“Let us gather to celebrate the life and pray for the eternal rest of a statesman, who was a Paramount Chief of Agogo, Statesman, Lawyer, Minister of State of multiple portfolios, Vandal, and Bleoobi, but most importantly, my Father,” she wrote.

Nana Kwame Akuoko-Sarpong died on March 26, 2026.

See the post below:

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