Fresh controversy has emerged over the funeral of the late founder of the Kristo Asafo Mission, Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, after the spokesperson for Sarah Adwoa Safo dismissed claims that the late spiritual leader’s body was being guarded by the Ghana Police Service at Transitions Funeral Home.
The response follows comments by Dr. Phillip Siaw, a secretary and spokesperson for the Kantanka family, who reportedly suggested that Adwoa Safo could not have had her father’s body at the funeral.
Reacting to the claims during an interview on Neat FM on Friday, July 31, 2026, Seth Kofi Kissi, spokesperson for the former Dome-Kwabenya MP, insisted that the narrative being circulated was false.
According to him, Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka’s remains were never kept at Transitions Funeral Home, contrary to widespread reports that the police had taken control of the body following the court order.
Seth Kofi Kissi disclosed that Adwoa Safo personally entrusted him with the responsibility of retrieving her late father’s remains from the location where they had been preserved before the funeral.
“I was honoured when Adwoa Safo asked me to personally go and bring the body. Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka’s body was never at Transitions. It was only after I returned that I started seeing reports on social media claiming the body had been seized by the police, but nothing like that happened,” he said.
He further alleged that Adwoa Safo deliberately arranged for a brand-new vehicle, which had never been used or publicly seen before, to transport the body from the mortuary to Gomoa Mpota for the burial rites.
According to him, this explains why many people were unaware of how the late Kristo Asafo founder’s remains were conveyed to the funeral venue.
The funeral has been overshadowed by a bitter legal dispute within the Kantanka family over who has the authority to organise Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka’s final rites.
On July 29, 2026, the Accra High Court issued a 10-day interim injunction restraining Adwoa Safo from proceeding with the funeral pending the determination of a case challenging the arrangements.
Despite the court order, thousands of mourners thronged Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region on July 30, 2026, as funeral activities continued, sparking intense public debate.
