Kofi B's 'dead' father returns home after son's burial; family says singer's ghost brought him
- Highlife singer Kofi B's biological father has surfaced many years after being presumed dead
- The man, Kwabena Krah Boakye, rumoured to have died in the Cote D'Ivoire in 1993, returned home on Sunday, November 8, 2020.
- His return coincided with the the final funeral rites of Kofi B at their hometown of Agogo
- Some family members are attributing his return to the 'ghost' of Kofi B
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An unusual story has happened in the house of late Highlife musician Kofi B hours after his burial and funeral rites.
The singer's biological father, Kwabena Krah Boakye, has returned home after over 30 years of being taken for dead.
In a video on Kofi TV sighted by YEN.com.gh, the family of Kofi B's father are seen gathered in their house and interacting with the returnee.
Source: Instagram
According to an aunt of the deceased musician, her brother travelled to Cote d'Ivoire many years ago. But he was presumed dead after violence broke out and Ghanaians in the neighbouring were attacked over a football match between Kotoko and Asec Mimosas in October 1993.
On the night of Sunday, November 8, 2020, which is just hours after Kofi B's funeral and thanksgiving service, she was in the house when a young lady brought the news of her brother's return.
The said young also narrated that she was on her way to buy something when a lady and the elderly man approached her.
Upon their interaction, she realised they were looking for a house nearby and she took them there and informed the elders in the house. It was then that she was told that the man had been presumed dead so many years.
Narrating his story, Kofi B's father disclosed that he had initially sojourned to Cote d'Ivoire to find his brother but he settled there after finding a job.
Life had not been easy and he recently decided to come back home but on his journey, thieves robbed him of his belongings and he had to sleep at a lorry station in one of the border towns.
A woman who heard his plight agreed to help him by paying for his transport fare from Cote d'Ivoire.
According to him, he last visited Agogo in 1989. While hi exact age is not known, he should be in his mid-70s. He has a younger sister who is 70 years old.
Other members of the family who spoke in the video were of the conviction that it was Kofi B's 'ghost' which had got his father to return home.
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