Former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s special aide and spokesman, Dr. Kwabena Osei-Adubofour, has revealed that the octogenarian is making an optimistic recovery following the death of his wife, Theresa Kufuor.
Dr. Osei-Adubofour told Citi News that the former president is progressively improving and that the people should maintain the family in their thoughts and prayers.
“It was very sad and shocking, and it happened yesterday late in the afternoon and the old man [former president Kufuor] did not take it kindly at all because it was a shock to him but this morning, I’ve seen that he has recovered to some extent from the shock,” Dr. Osei-Adubofour said.
“You know, he is old enough to understand death and normally when people come to inform us about the bereavement of other people, he kept on saying death is a journey everyone will embark on, and so he understands and had tuned his mind to it despite that the initial occurrence was very serious and shocking.”
Dr. Osei-Adubofour also begged with anybody who wanted to attend to lament with the family to begin doing so on Tuesday so that the family could put in the appropriate arrangements to accommodate them.
“We welcome people coming to show their love and condolences, but I will plead with them to start it tomorrow because it happened less than 24 hours ago and we need to do some logistical work like putting up some canopies and all that so let them give us free time today, and then they can start coming tomorrow.”
The Office had previously released a press release announcing the death of the former First Lady.
The press release is attached.
