President John Dramani Mahama and scores of high profile people joined Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Asante Kingdom to bid Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III farewell to her ancestors on Thursday September 18, 2025.

The fourth day of the befitting burial ceremony named in Asante parlance as Dote Yie, held at the Dwabirem in Manhyia Palace, drew together government officials, former presidents, diplomats, traditional rulers, and ordinary citizens, to mourn the revered queen.She was expected to be laid to rest at the Royal Mausoleum in Breman later Thursday night.President John Mahama was accompanied by Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Ministers of State, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), and other high-ranking officials in his government. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was seated in state as the chief mourner grieving the loss of his elder sister and mother by custom.

Former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo were both in attendance, togrther with former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira.Prominent among dignitaries at funeral rites were former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, leader and founder of Movement for Change, Mr Alan John Kwadwo  Kyermaten, former chairman of NPP, Mr Paul Afoko, former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, senior clergymen, and business moguls.  Several representatives from political parties, including the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) were also present at the funeral.Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Kingdom also hosted representatives of diplomatic missions from the Netherlands, Italy United Kingdom, Eswatini, Togo, and among many other countries who who paid their respects to the revered queen.

It is worthnoting that, almost every sector of the country’s leadership was represented. The Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, led the security services, supported by officers of the Ghana Armed Forces, the Ghana Fire Service, the Ghana Prisons Service, and other agencies.The ceremony last barely seven hours.Otumfuo Osei Tutu II who was clad in black cloth, was carried in a palanquin into the funeral grounds12:20pm moved solemnly to the Asantehemaa’s palace, where Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III had been laid in state before joining the funeral durbar.Later, Otumfuo, again in a palanquin and wielding a traditional gun, led the cortege, accompanied by the firing of muskets, war songs, and unrestrained wailing from mourners.The queen’s body was placed in a beatiful wooden casket, which was carried to the funeral grounds in a traditional procession.The atmosphere was heavy with grief as the casket was finally positioned at the centre of the palace square for the burial service.