Manhyia Palace warns of severe sanctions for defying funeral ban for late Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III
The Manhyia Palace has issued a stern warning to all communities within the Ashanti Kingdom not to flout the official ban on funerals declared following the passing of Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III.
The Palace says violators will face severe traditional sanctions that include the whole family and the chief of the town being dragged to the palace and made to pay a heavy price that include the slaughter of many sheep.
The Manhyia Palace on Thursday, August 21, 2025, officially announced a ban on all funeral activities across the Ashanti Kingdom from Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in reverence to the late Asantehemaa.
The ban is also part of solemn preparations ahead of the Queen Mother’s burial rites, scheduled to take place from Sunday, September 14, to Thursday, September 18, 2025.
The funeral will span four days, starting from Sunday, September 14, 2025, to Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Nana Kofi Agyei, a linguist to Nana Nsuase Poku Agyeman III, the Chief Linguist (Akyeamehene) to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, gave the warning in an interview on Otec FM morning show “Nyansapo” on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
“Anyone who defies this order, including the chief of that community, will be dragged before Manhyia and severely dealt with,” he warned.
“The Palace considers such defiance not just disrespectful but spiritually dangerous,” the Nana Kofi Agyei stated.
The late Asantehemaa will be laid in state for the public from September 15 to September 17, and will be buried on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Royal Mausoleum at Breman, after a thanksgiving service at the Manhyia Palace.
The 98-year-old Nana Konadu Yiadom III, who reigned for eight years, died on Thursday, August 7, 2025. She was born in 1927.
She succeeded the late Asantehemaa Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampem II, her biological mother, in 2017.
Meanwhile, the Palace has warned residents in the region, particularly those living and commuting along the route to the Mausoleum, to stay indoors on the night of the Queen mother’s burial on the final day of the burial rite.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Francis Appiah
