The New Patriotic Party in the Savannah Region has through a press statement issued by the party’s regional secretary, Mr Mohammed Issah expressed their condolence to the family and the entire Gonja Kingdom on the death of the ruler and King of the Gonja Kingdom,His Royal Majesty Yagbon wura Tumtumba Bore- Esa l.
The statement added that H. E the President, H.E the Vice President, Lawyer Samuel Abu Jinapor, Ing. Dr. Clifford Braimah, the Regional Minister and Chairman and the Party in the Region sends its deepest condolence to the immediate family and the people of Gonjaland in general.
The statement continued that the demise of our overlord calls for introspection, togetherness and sense of oneness about the future of the Gonja Kingdom. Though in pain and grieve about our loss, it should spare us the opportunity to overlook our differences and speak in one tone for development, prosperity and peace as a people .
“Life is but a pilgrimage of Mortals who after their sojourn on earth must return unto the creator. We pray Allah Almighty grants Gonjaland, and Northern Ghana by extension the serenity to accept this in good faith”, the statement indicated.
A light from our kingdom is gone creating a vacant space in our hearts that can never be filled; the good books consoles us that, “for everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven”.
Some of the major highlights of Professor Tumtumba Bore-Esa I’ 13-year reign are his role in the 3-eminent Chiefs Committee in the resolution of the protracted Dagbon conflict, the setting up of an educational fund and petitioning and actualization of the creation of Savannah Region, the long held dream of the people of Gonjaland, the statement added.
As a sports and specifically football fanatic, he became the National Supporters Chairman of Real Tamale United (R.T.U) for five (5) years. As a master in carpentry and joinery between 1957 – 1993, the late Yagbonwura was part and parcel of the construction of most of Ghana’s major infrastructural edifices; he also worked in some of the famous construction firms at the time,the statement issued noted.
The New Patriotic Party mourns with the people of Gonjaland and shall be with the family and the Region until our revered king is deservedly laid to rest. May our good lord find eternal rest for our father, grandfather and overlord.
Background.
The death of the 90-year-old king was announced by the Registrar of the Savannah Regional House of chiefs, Abutu Kapori to Citi News at the Jakpa Palace on Sunday.
Boressah II who was the president of the Savannah Regional House of chiefs died in the early hours of Sunday, 5th February 2023.
Traditional funeral rites and mourning have commenced.
The late Chief was enskinned as Yagbonwura in March 2010.
Before his enskinement as Yagbonwura, he was the Paramount Chief of the Kusawgu Traditional Area of Gonja under the skin name Kusawguwura Sulemana Jakpa.
He was the son of Yapeiwura Bakari, the son of Yagbonwura Mahama of Kusawgu and Mma Nyenbali Chiraba.
Per Gonja tradition and custom, the Chief of Sonyo will move in to the Jakpa Palace at Damongo and act as Head of State and President of the Traditional pending the enskinment of a new overlord.
The Sonyo chief will also spearhead the burial processes in accordance with Gonja custom and traditions till the overlord’s burial at the royal mausoleum for Gonja Kings at Mankuma, a town near Bole.
Mankuma is the burial home for kings of the Gonja Kingdom.
Yagbumwura Tutumba Borenasa (I) took over from his predecessor, Yagbonwura Bawa Doshie after his demise in March 2010. He hails from Kasawgu and born in 1933 to Yapeiwura Bakari, the son of Yagbonwura Mahama of Kasawgu.
His father Yapeiwura Bakari married eleven wives and had 30 offspring.
Source: yagbonradioonline
