Preparations are far advanced for the burial of the Apiatse Victims on Friday March 11, 2022.
A fifteen month old ELLA BAIDOO will be laid to rest in Apiatse together with five of the twelve adult victims of the explosion disaster.
The five additional adults to be buried alongside baby Ella Baidoo are namely;
EKUA Nyame (80),
Justice Kwesi Takwa (21),
Emmanuel Quainoo (29),
Isaac Benyin (45), and
Michael Afriyie (19).
Isaac Anane (35) will also be laid in state at Apiatse but will be taken to Dumase on the Bogoso Prestea Road for burial.
Four out of the thirteen were laid to rest last weekend, other two namely Emmanuel Awingura (24) and Eric Gyimah (24) will be taken away to their hometowns in the coming days.
Funeral Arrangements;
Wake-Keeping – Thursday 10th March 2022
Laying in state – Friday 11th March 2022 @ 4am
Burial Service – Friday 11th March 2022 @ 7am.
Burial – Friday 11th March 2022 @ 10am
Thanksgiving Service – Sunday 13th March 2022 @9am.
Final Funeral Rites – Sunday 13th March 2022 @ 1pm
Venue : All at Appiatse Park (AT THE EXPLOSION SCENE).
Digital Address (WP-0193-5404)
The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee with a heavy heart invite Sympathizers to mourn with us in this difficult time,” a statement signed by Thywil Quarshie, Public Relation s Officer of the Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee said.
Source: 3News
In other news: Apiatse disaster: Families’ request to bury relatives in private granted – MCE
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Prestea-Huni Valley, Dr Isaac Dasmani, has revealed that the Apiatse Disaster Relief Committee has granted requests by families who would want to bury their deceased relatives privately.
This comes after the committee announced March 11, 2022, for the mass burial of victims of the Apiatse explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region.
13 persons died while 59 got injured in a huge explosion at Apiate, a town between Bogoso and Bawdie in the Western Region on Thursday 20th January 2022.
The explosion occurred when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle carrying mining explosives to a mining site on Thursday, 20 January 2022.
Apart from the deaths, the disaster displaced many after their homes were razed to the ground by the blast.
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