Bono Muslims in tears, as scores celebrate Xmas in Sunyani
Sheikh Umar Abdul Kadir Coulibaly, the Bono Regional Chief Imam, has passed on, and left the Sunyani Muslim Community in a state of mourning, as scores celebrate the festive season.Mr Jacscot Hawkins Alhassan, the Bono Regional Secretary for the Council of Zongo Chiefs, confirmed it to Ghana News Agency (GNA) and added that the death happened on Wednesday evening of December 25, 2024.Describing it as a shock and bad news, he said the late chief Imam died at his private residence in Sunyani. He left four wives with a number of children.Checks revealed that the late Coulibaly was enstooled as the Regional Chief Imam in 2002 and reigned for 22 years.During a visit to the Zongo Community in Sunyani on Thursday, some of the Muslims told the GNA they were saddened about the sudden loss of an ‘in...