Following the saddened demise of the late MCE for Krachi East Municipality, Hon. Francis Kofi Okesu on Sunday, the Oti Regional Minister, Hon Joshua Makubu has visited and commiserated with the family of the deceased MCE.
The Oti Regional Minister who doubles as the chairman for Oti Regional Security Council was accompanied with some staff members of the Oti Regional coordinating council(ORCC), Regional Executives, his P.A among others.
Background
It was reported in the media as of Sunday 4th September,2022, that the Late MCE for Krachi East Municipality, Hon Francis Okesu was found dead in a hotel room in Kumasi.
After the news broke up, there have been a lot of speculations and controversies as to what actually the cause of the death of late MCE is.
As of 5th September,2022, the Asante Regional police command tweeted that they visited the scene and picked up the body of the late MCE and has since been deposited into OKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Morgue and have commenced investigation into circumstances that led to the death .
Subsequently, the family of late MCE and the office of late MCE issued a press statement expressing their displeasure and shock over misleading headlines by some sections of the media regarding the cause of the death of the late MCE.
Read the full press statement below:
The statement reads,”The info desk and and the family of the late Hon Francis Kofi Okesu have intercepted a news item coming from some media houses and news portal on his untimely demise.
Whilst the family is a state of shock and mourning of the venerable political who has served as communication officer and Secretary of Krachi East Constituency before his nomination by the President of Ghana as the MCE for Krachi East municipal Assembly, he was a devoted Christian, deligent and sober.
We the family were shocked at some reportage emanating from the media, we are very confident in the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Health Service for conducting an independent investigation and publishing an autopsy report to unravelled what actually led to his death.
Until such a report is released by these professional institutions of the state, any media story such as recent headline from Joynews, Daily graphic and other Media houses should be disregarded and considered as unprofessional and unethical. The general public should disregard those cooked stories a section of the media trying to discredit the reputation of the late MCE whom had served his people in the past one year with respect and deligent.
The whole municipality is now in a state of mourning of a man who put on smiles even if it is hard for him”.
Below are pictures of the Visit.
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