The Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu VI, was laid to rest last Saturday at an elaborate royal ceremony in Hohoe in the Volta Region.
The final funeral rites of the Paramount Chief, known as Billy Bright Eli Kumadie in private life, attracted thousands of mourners and sympathisers from all walks of life who converged on the St Francis College of Education Park to pay their last respects to the chief.
The carriage casket carrying the remains of the Paramount Chief was taken on an orderly procession from the Gbi Traditional Council to the park for the funeral service.
The procession witnessed a huge display of musketry, while the Divisional Chief of Gbi-Abansi, Togbe Adzimah V, mounted a palanquin heralded by a huge crowd of people, some of whom lined up to pay their last respects to their late chief.
Delegation/procession
A government delegation led by the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, and the Minister of Railway Development and Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu, took part in the ceremony and paid glowing tributes to the late chief.
