The sudden death of the Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Kumah has raised issues of a series of food poisoning within the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Videos have emerged on social media from TV presenters, and prophets claiming the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, in the Ashanti Region was deliberately killed through poison.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Bosiako affectionately called Chairman Wontumi has also been named as a victim of food poisoning but miraculously survived.
However, Chairman Wontumi in a message to mourn Dr John Kumah expressed utmost shock and said the deceased was supportive of him during his dying moments from a similar predicament that killed him.
Read below Wontumi's message
My good friend and brother John Kumah. My heart is heavy. My eyes are full of tears. I am devastated and distraught. I have been struggling to find the appropriate words to describe how I feel right now because I know how you would have reacted if I were in your position. It is a mixed feeling of disbelief and shock. And this unfortunate news takes me back to a few months ago.
I remember how you stood by my side and ensured that I survived at the time that I was helplessly dying. Little did I know that I was going to survive only for me to be confronted with this devastating news of your passing months later.
I have lost a loyal friend and faithful brother whose loss is simply irreplaceable, not only to me but to the region as well.
Rest well, my brother. We will surely meet in heaven one day.
Your brother and friend,
Chairman Wontumi
