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Pain and sorrow as Samuel Nuamah laid to rest (Photos)

By Daily Graphic
Headlines Pain and sorrow as Samuel Nuamah laid to rest Photos
SEP 17, 2015 LISTEN

Tears flowed unrestrained from the faces of many mourners who had converged on the forecourt of the State House on Thursday for the funeral of Samuel Nuamah – the Ghanaian times Presidential Correspondent, whose death in an accident last month stunned the nation.

Crestfallen and forlorn, the mourners, draped in black and red attire, let out cries of “ooh” and “aww” as the widow of the deceased, Lillian Nuamah, supported by close relatives, read a heart-wrenching tribute to her husband.

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“Sam, where do I go from here? What do I do with all the nice plans and dreams that we had? What do I tell, Josiah, our son. Sammy my mentor, my brother, my friend, my heart is bleeding. You should have at least said goodbye," Mrs Numah lamented amid tears that caused portions of her speech to drift into inaudibility.

Her heartbreaking account of how news of her husband's death got to her, elicited tears from some seated in the audience.

She said having failed to receive the usual Whatsapp message from her husband on that fateful, she became worried that something bad might have happened.

Her worries, she said, were confirmed when she received news at about 2pm that a bus carrying members of the Presidential Press Corps had been involved in an accident and that some of them were injured.

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Mrs Nuamah said she immediately delved into intercessory prayers for her husband, hoping that nothing bad would happen.

She said at 4pm, however, she got a call confirming that her husband had passed on, adding that she had been "inconsolable" since.

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“We had a nice family time on phone the previous day but I had not the faintest idea it was the last family time we were having.”

“Why so long?”
The feeling of pain and sorrow that characterised the entire proceeding peaked when a tribute was read on behalf of Samuel Nuamah’s two-year-old son, Josiah.

“When I ask for daddy, the answer I get is ‘he has travelled’. Why so long this time….Wherever you are, remember that you left me behind,” portions of the tribute read, provoking consternation and numbness among many present.

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President John Dramani Mahama, who attended the ceremony in the company of some of his top aides, reiterated the point he made during the one-week marking of Samuel Numah’s death, that he was gutted.

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In his tribute, which was read on his behalf by Communications Minister Dr Omane Boamah with support from Presidential Staffer Stan Dogbe, the President said no longer seeing the late Ghanaian Times reporter among his colleagues at the Flagstaff House was a “traumatising” experience.

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Photos by Emmanuel Asamoah-Addai

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