The Accra High Court granted a 10-day interim injunction on July 29, 2026, restraining Adwoa Safo from
proceeding with her father's funeral. The Kristo Asafo Mission filed the application, according to the
Mission's lawyer, Nana Kofi Safo Kantanka, who confirmed the order to reporters after the ruling.
The funeral had been scheduled for July 30 and 31 at Gomoa Mpota and Independence Square. The injunction put
both dates on hold.
At the center of it: Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena, one of the late Apostle's sons and leader of the Kristo Asafo
Mission, argued that the will named him - not Adwoa - as head of the Kantanka family, with authority over
his father's body and funeral arrangements. He said he and other family members were never consulted on the
dates Adwoa had announced back in May.
Adwoa Safo's position was different. She maintained she was carrying out her father's dying wishes and enforcing the church's amended 2024 constitution, under which she says her father removed Akofena from church leadership in 2024 and named her head of the Kantanka family in February 2025.
The funeral went ahead anyway
The burial and funeral rites continued at Independence Square despite the injunction being technically in force. Mourners kept the mood alive across both days, singing and gathering in large numbers at Gomoa Mpota and Accra.
Before any punishment can follow, the court has to be satisfied Adwoa Safo knew about the injunction and wilfully defied it, and she'd get the chance to respond first. No contempt hearing date has been publicly confirmed.
August 8: the thanksgiving service
The final leg of the funeral programme happened without incident. The Kristo Asafo Mission and the Kantanka
family held a National Thanksgiving Service at the Prempeh Assembly Hall in Kumasi, starting at 9 a.m.,
bringing together church members, traditional authorities, clergy and government officials.
Vice President Bawumia attended in person and was received by Adwoa Safo at the venue. Thousands of Kristo
Asafo members and Kumasi residents filled the hall to capacity, with overflow crowds gathering outside.
A rainbow appeared over Kumasi during the service. Ghanaian blogger Sika Osei shared video of the moment on
X, and it spread fast across Ghanaian social media within hours. Attendees speaking to Adom News framed it
as confirmation that Apostle Safo was, in their words, "an African star," and thanked Adwoa Safo for
pushing the funeral through to completion.
Updates
Akofena backed down. About a week after the Kumasi thanksgiving service, he went on Onua FM (Monday, August 10) and separately knelt before roughly 15,000 people at a Kristo Asafo church service to publicly apologize, calling the "brouhaha" with Adwoa Safo a mistake and asking the church and Ghanaians at large to let it go. He didn't single anyone out for blame, saying everyone involved had a role to play, and put it plainly on air:
I am on my knees apologising to all Ghanaians for disgracing my dad. Our father does not deserve this.