First Emotional Photos Emerge as Afia Schwar Holds Pre-Burial Ceremony for Father

• The pre-interment ceremony for the late father of television personality Afia Schwarzenegger is underway in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region
• Augustine Adjei died after a long battle with cancer, bowing to the dreaded disease on January 17, 2022
• His pre-burial service is ongoing inside the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology poolside

A pre-burial ceremony for the late father of television and media personality Afia Schwarzenegger is underway in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

The funeral is being held inside the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, poolside, with famous personalities in attendance.

Afia Schwarzenegger, real name Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, lost her father after a protracted battle with cancer, succumbing to the disease on January 17, 2022.

''My hero has gone to be with the Lord. Rest In Peace Daddy. I’m lost,'' she announced in an Instagram post.

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The final funeral rites, which are ongoing today [Saturday], March 12, follow the one-week memorial service that was held for the late Augustine Adjei at De Temple Centre at Achimota in Accra on Wednesday, January 26.

The first heartbreaking photos from the pre-internment ceremony have emerged on social media.

See the photos below:

Reggie Zippy Lays Mother to Rest; Emotional Photos Pop Up

YEN.com.gh previously reported that UK-based Ghanaian musician, Reggie Zippy of Reggie 'n' Bollie fame, has laid to rest his mother, Cecilia Arko Koomson.

The late Cecilia Arko Koomson, who was affectionately called Cici, passed on Friday, August 27, at 55.

Celebrities such as music duo Joshua Kojo Ampah and Andrew Kofi Cudjoe of Keche Global, and highlife singer Lucky Mensah, were among other personalities in Ghana's entertainment industry who were at the funeral on Saturday to mourn with the family.

Source: YEN.com.gh