A scheduled candlelight vigil in honor of Ghanaian music legend Daddy Lumba has been cancelled in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The cancellation follows an emergency meeting summoned by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace on Monday, August 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a letter from the Asanteman Council, all members, divisional heads, and relevant parties are required to attend the meeting at 10:00 am. Although the purpose of the meeting remains undisclosed, it’s believed to be related to traditional council matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daddy Lumba’s fans had planned to gather at Heroes’ Park for the vigil, but the event has been postponed indefinitely. This development comes as a disappointment to fans who had been looking forward to paying tribute to the highlife legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Accra, a one-week observance is scheduled for Saturday, August 30, 2025, while the final funeral rites will take place in Kumasi, respecting the musician’s royal Ashanti heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asantehene’s Emergency Meeting Forces Cancellation of Daddy Lumba’s Kumasi Vigil<\/p>\n
A scheduled candlelight vigil in honor of Ghanaian music legend Daddy Lumba has been cancelled in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The cancellation follows an emergency meeting summoned by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace on Monday, August 11, 2025.<\/p>\n
According to a letter from the Asanteman Council, all members, divisional heads, and relevant parties are required to attend the meeting at 10:00 am. Although the purpose of the meeting remains undisclosed, it’s believed to be related to traditional council matters.<\/p>\n
Daddy Lumba’s fans had planned to gather at Heroes’ Park for the vigil, but the event has been postponed indefinitely. This development comes as a disappointment to fans who had been looking forward to paying tribute to the highlife legend.<\/p>\n
In Accra, a one-week observance is scheduled for Saturday, August 30, 2025, while the final funeral rites will take place in Kumasi, respecting the musician’s royal Ashanti heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-lifestyle","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6238,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions\/6238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}