Relatives, friends mourn Komla Dumor
Relatives, friends and well-wishers of Komla Dumor continue to troupe to his father's residence at Haatso in Accra to mourn with the Dumor family after the ace broadcast journalist died at his home in London last Saturday.
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The well-wishers included a delegation from the Holy Spirit Cathedral Church and fellow broadcast journalists including Kwabena Adisi Anokye (Bola Ray), Adwoa Aidoo and Yaw Ampofo Ankrah.
Others who commiserated with the family were Ms Dzifa Gomashie, a deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts; Mr Jake Okanta Obetsebi Lamptey, National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP); Dr Michael Agyekum Addo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KAMA Group Limited and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC), Professor Audrey Gadzekpo of the University of Ghana and Mr Herbert Mensah, a former Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko.
Books of condolence have been opened at the residence, at JOY FM, where he last worked in Ghana and at the Ghana International Press Centre in his honour.
Family members who were present to receive the visitors included Mr Victor Gbeho, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata and his wife, Ms Esther Cobbah, who is the spokesperson for the family.
The mood in the house was pensive, as people tried to suppress their tears.
Some shed tears quietly as others hugged themselves to console one another.
A relative who wanted to remain anonymous said the family was trying to keep the death of Komla Dumor as quiet as possible.
According to the source, although the family members were shocked by the news of the death of their beloved son, they have taken it in good faith.
Some of the mourners the Daily Graphic spoke to said they were equally shocked by the news of the death of a man who was "healthy and full of life."
"The last time I saw Komla was about a month ago when he came to observe five years of the death of his mother," said a mourner.
Some of his former colleagues at Multi-Media were also in shock and disbelief.
Some consoled his father, Professor Dumor, with songs, while others encouraged him.
The delegation from the Catholic Church sang and prayed for him and the rest of the family.
Ambassador Gbeho thanked the visitors and said the family was yet to take any decision because they were waiting for more information from London where Komla died.
In a related development, Dr Ezanetor A Rawlings, daughter of former President J. J. Rawlings, in her tribute, noted that “In a time of such inequity, strife, apathy, political uncertainty and betrayal of electorate in many countries, his genuine concern and passion for the affairs of the continent was ablaze. Komla Dumor was an African star on the ascendancy. I pray that even in death he has awakened the same passion for the crucial issues that affect our continent in many more people. Our prayers are with his family. Rest in peace.”
Writer's email: rebecca.quaicoe-duho@graphic.com.gh