BY ISSAH OLEGOR
The controversy surrounding the final resting place of the late Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka has taken another dramatic turn after the Kristo Asafo Mission dismissed reports that its leadership, accompanied by military personnel, visited the Kantanka Museum at Gomoa Mpota with plans to exhume the remains of its founder.
The allegation had generated fresh concern among members of the public, particularly against the backdrop of the prolonged family disagreement that characterized Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s funeral and burial.
However, the Kristo Asafo Mission has strongly rejected the reports, describing suggestions that its officials and soldiers went to the facility to remove the late Apostle’s remains as false.
Dr Kwasi Agyei Safo, Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations and Projects at the Kristo Asafo Mission, said the church’s visit to the facility had nothing to do with the exhumation of Apostle Kwadwo Safo.
“The speculation out there that the leadership of the Church and some soldiers went there to exhume the body of Papa is a fallacy. It’s a lie,” he said.
According to him, the church officials were at the facility on Sunday, September 6, 2026, for an entirely different purpose.
Dr Agyei Safo explained that the Kristo Asafo Mission had recently engaged a new private security company to protect its properties and installations, including the Kantanka Museum at Gomoa Mpota.
He said the development followed the Interior Ministry’s revocation of the licence of the church’s previous private security company.
“A couple of months ago, the Interior Ministry revoked the licence of our private security, which the Church used to protect our installations. So, the Church was naked, and we decided to contract the private security company, Goldman Security Limited, to give protection to our installations and property,” he explained.
According to him, Goldman Security Limited had visited the facility on Thursday and Saturday as part of preparations to take over responsibility for security.
Church officials subsequently accompanied the security personnel to the museum on Sunday.
Dr Agyei Safo said the purpose of the visit was to inspect the facility, document its condition and conduct an inventory of properties belonging to the church before the new security company formally assumed responsibility.
“We need to be there to make an inspection and take inventory of the entire facility, so that tomorrow, no one would come and say that they went there and something got missing,” he
The situation reportedly became tense when guards stationed at the facility allegedly refused to allow the church delegation and the newly contracted security personnel to enter.
According to Dr Agyei Safo, the guards demanded authorisation from former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament Sarah Adwoa Safo or social media personality Osebo the Zaraman before permitting access.
The disagreement subsequently attracted the attention of soldiers who arrived at the facility to help de-escalate the situation.
Dr Agyei Safo said the soldiers examined the church’s security contract but were also denied access to the facility.
It was against this background, he suggested, that reports began circulating that the church leadership and soldiers had gone to the museum to exhume Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s body.
The church official strongly questioned the logic behind the exhumation allegation.
According to him, the key to the mausoleum where Apostle Kwadwo Safo was buried remains in the possession of the church leadership.
“The mausoleum key is with the Church leadership. So how could they go there to exhume the body?” he asked.
He therefore insisted that there was no attempt by the church to disturb the late founder’s remains.
Dr Agyei Safo maintained that the purpose of the visit was strictly administrative and security-related, involving an inspection of the premises and an inventory of church property.
The denial comes after months of controversy surrounding the death, funeral and burial of Apostle Kwadwo Safo.
The late industrialist and religious leader, who founded the Kristo Asafo Mission and became synonymous with the Kantanka brand, died in September 2025 at the age of 113.
His death was followed by disagreements within his family over funeral arrangements, custody of his mortal remains and the interpretation and implementation of his last will and testament.
The dispute became public after Sarah Adwoa Safo took a leading role in organising the funeral while her brother, Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena, and sections of the Kristo Asafo Mission challenged the arrangements.
The disagreement eventually reached the Accra High Court, which granted a 10-day interim injunction restraining Adwoa Safo from proceeding with the planned funeral arrangements.
Despite the legal and family controversy, the funeral eventually took place, attracting significant public attention.
