Family of late highlife musician, Daasebre ‘Ahuofe’ Gyamenah, has expressed anger at media reports which suggested there was a dispute over the deceased’s remains.
Spokesperson for the family, Opanin Owusu Boakye, has described the reports as untrue and complained that such reports create embarrassment for the family and must, therefore, be avoided completely.
“I do not understand why some media houses are reporting that there is a fight between Daasebre’s family and the Islamic community over his mortal remains. Some are even reporting that the family wants to make some money out of Daasebre’s funeral and therefore we are not releasing his remains to the Islamic community.
“Such reports are very worrying and the family is not happy at all about that. It makes us look bad. It embarrasses us and I do not like such things. Something sad has happened and it is irresponsible to put out wrong information about the family. It is not good. It is bad,” Opanin Owusu Boakye disclosed on Peace FM’s Entertainment Review last Saturday during an interview conducted by Kwesi Aboagye.
The family spokesperson gave an explanation of what exactly happened after Daasebre passed on in Accra last Friday.
“It is true that Daasebre is a Muslim. The mother is a Fanti-Muslim and Daasebre himself also decided to belong to Islam because of his mother,” he added.
When Daasebre died, we brought his remains to Koforidua, the chief imam himself visited the family and we had a meeting and we made him understand that Daasebre though is young, he is not a child and we have to inform the larger family of his demise before we bury him.
“His maternal family relations had not even been officially informed in accordance with tradition. We explained that Daasebre is from a royal family and it is improper to bury him on the same day of his birth without prior information to the elders and larger family he belongs.
The chief imam understood and agreed with our explanation and said he would be waiting to hear from the family after a decision is taken on how Daasebre should be buried. It was a very cordial meeting.”
He continued… “We agreed that the family would meet on Monday at 4:00pm to take a decision on Daasebre. It is after the Monday meeting that we would know what decisions the family would arrive at then we put out the proper information to the appropriate quarters.”
Opanin Owusu Boakye disclosed further the late Daasebre was 45 and is survived by four children and a wife by name Deborah.
He said Deborah is a native of Lartey and she became a Muslim after she got married to Daasebre.