The Anona Akade Royal Family has held a commemorative prayer for Otumfour Badu Bonsu II to mark the 185th Anniversary of his cruel death at the hands of the Dutch government in 1838.
The ceremony was held at Apowa by some of the elders of the family, who claim to be ancestors of Badu Bonsu II.
They are Ebusuapayin Kweku Nkrumah Kyii II, Dompim, Ebusuapayin Obratwaowu, Silmatoe Apowa, Ebusuapayin Potosi Assakae, Ebusuapayin Ackah Kwofie, Apowa, Ebusuapayin Pete, Ajoa, Ebusuapayin Kojo Nyamekye, Kejabil and Ebusuapain Segue, Ewusiejoe.
The prayer, led by the Sumankwahene of the family, was mixed with tears by the family members.
Next was the pouring of libation, calling on the spirits of the ancestors and Badu Bonsu to come home for a drink. Prayers were also said for the souls of the children, including other family members, who were killed by the Dutch government.
Clad in black and red attire, the family said they had been unable to congregate ever since their leader was cruelly murdered, because most of their elders had been killed or sent into exile.
The family, in 2017 to 2018, organised a home coming ceremony at Busia.
Addressing the ceremony, Ebusuapayin Potosi explained that the family deemed it necessary and fit to organise the commemorative prayer to remember the late Ahanta Overlord given the extent of suffering he endured.
Ebusuapayin Potosi, at the ceremony, gave a chronological account of the cruel murder of Badu Bonsu and the arrival of his head, which was currently at the 37 Military Hospital Pathology Department.
He reminded the gathering of the steps taken to bring back the head to Ahanta for a befitting funeral and burial, and after the installation of new Otumfour Badu Bonsu Apani III.
