Komla Dumor's Corpse Return Home (Ghana)

At exactly 8:25 p.m. Monday, the British Airways Boeing aircraft bearing the body of BBC ace broadcaster of Ghanaian descent, Komla Afeke Dumor, touched down at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

Friends, relations, colleagues and sympathisers who had thronged the airport to welcome the mortal remains of a man who had done Ghana proud by staying committed to professionalism and excellence as

a journalist, were all in a sombre mood.

There was no wailing, sobbing, or shedding of tears but the short traditional and religious ceremony that was to take place almost an hour after the aircraft had taxied to a halt, was a solemn one.

At last, after a traditional troupe from the Aflao Traditional Area had, for several minutes, livened up the respectable crowd of officials of state, including the Chief of Staff, Mr Prosper Douglas Bani, who represented the President, a large media presence who had come to welcome a fallen colleague, friends, family and compatriots of the Aflao Traditional Area, the casket containing the body of Komla Dumor, noted for his baritone voice on air, was received from the plane.

Source: GraphicGH