The Kristo Asafo Mission says reports that its leadership attempted to exhume the body of its late founder, Emeritus Prof. Ing. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, at the Kantanka Museum at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region are false.
Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations and Projects at the Mission, Dr Kwasi Agyei Safo, dismissed the claims, insisting that the presence of church leadership, who were accompanied by security personnel, at the museum was not related to any exhumation attempt.
“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 visited the facility on Sunday, September 6, alongside a private security company to inspect the premises and take inventory of its properties.
The visit followed the Interior Ministry’s revocation of the licence of the church’s former private security firm, which had previously protected its installations.
Dr Agyei Safo said the church contracted Goldman Security Limited to take over the security of its properties, including the Kantanka Museum.
“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 properties,” he said.
He said the inspection and inventory exercise was meant to prevent future disputes over missing items.
“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 said.
According to Dr Agyei Safo, tensions rose when guards at the facility denied the church and its security team access, insisting they needed authorisation from former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo or Osebo the Zaraman.
He said military personnel who arrived to de-escalate the situation verified the church’s security contract but were also denied entry.
He further questioned the exhumation claims, noting that the key to the mausoleum where the late founder is buried remains with church leadership.
“The mausoleum key is with the Church leadership. So how could they go there to exhume the body?” he said.
Dr Agyei Safo insisted that the visit was strictly for security, inspection, and inventory purposes.
