Breaking: Helicopter flown The Late Sir John's Body To His Home Town For His Burial - Read To Know More About This Here
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Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (popularly known as Sir John) (1957- 1 July 2020) was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He held several political positions including serving as general secretary of the New Patriotic Party. He was serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission of Ghana before his demise.
Kojo Afriyie was born in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School in Bekwai from where he obtained his GCE Ordinary level certificate.
He proceeded to obtain his GCE Advanced level certificate from Konongo Odumase Secondary School in Konongo. He was admitted to study political science at the University of Ghana.He then enrolled at the Ghana School of Law where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. After this he was admitted as a solicitor and counsel for the Supreme Court of Ghana.
In July 2013, Afriyie was summoned to the Supreme Court of Ghana because he had made some potentially contemptuous comments.He had criticised the Court for its actions in a criminal contempt case involving Sammy Awuku of the New Patriotic Party, and had implied that the justices' continuous mention of public radio discussions on cases that were before the court was a ploy by the court to curtail people from expressing themselves.
Upon appearing before the court, his counsel, Ayikoi Otoo, pleaded with the court to be lenient and declared that his client had pleaded guilty to the charge. According to Ayikoi Otoo, "... some power for which no one had control over, entered Owusu Afriyie, because as a lawyer, he ought to have known the law".
The Peace Council also offered a plea on Afriyie's behalf to the court. After a brief trial, Afriyie was fined 5000 cedis or, if he defaulted on payment, a six-month prison term. Afriyie was made to sign a bond of good behaviour as well as retracting and offering an apology to the bench within 24 hours on the same platform he had used to criticise the court.
Death
Afriyie died on 1 July 2020 in Accra after testing positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. He died at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment
Sir John's body was flown to his hometown, Sakra Wonoo in the Ashanti Region, in an Air Force helicopter. A video has popped up showing the helicopter arriving in the town on Wednesday ahead of Sir John's burial on Thursday, June 3 2021. And you can watch this video live on Adom Tv's Instagram page. The helicopter carrying Sir John's body is seen hovering over the town. The moment when the helicopter landed, convoys of vehicles including a hearse went to pick the casket containing Sir John's remains. When the convoys arrived at Sir John's family house there were loads of tears waiting in front of the house.
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