Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, popularly known as Asabee, has challenged the brother of the late former president, Samuel Atta Mills, to present the autopsy report of the late president, John Fiifi Atta Mills, if he claims he has it."So this is not the right time to make claims that you have the report; if you indeed have it, bring it!"Asabee challenged during a media engagement.

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The challenge comes after the maternal family of the late former president, on January 13, 2024, under the leadership of Nana Enyimfua III, the Kyedomhemaa of Ekumfi Asaman, paid a courtesy call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and requested the autopsy report of their 'very own' Atta Mills.

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However, making reference to claims by the former president's brother, Samuel Mills, who mentioned in 2022 following calls for the cause of death of the president to be made public that, as a family, they knew what killed their brother and no one could compel the family to make public what killed the late president,.

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In light of this, Asabee, during an interview on Heloofm on January 15, 2024, chided the late president's brother for holding on to the report while elders and other members of the family have no idea what killed the late president.

his part, that is inappropriate on the part of the late president's brother.He said, "as demanded by the Akan customs, those who toe on the matrilineal side inherit from

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there. "Even if you lose your mother or any elder in the family as a child, you don't really have a say in it but the family does.So it is the family that has come to make a demand on the autopsy report of their own; the children are expected to hide behind the elders.

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If you have it, why haven't the family members seen the report? And when we mention it, as a small boy in the family, you tell the elders to keep quiet? Are you the one to tell the elders of the family to keep quiet? he fumed.For the sake of records, the minister stated that the autopsy report needs to be made public, as Ghanaians need to know what took the life of the late president.

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"It is a public record, and not just for the family but for the whole country, so that we know what exactly happened," he added.John Atta Mills died on July 24, 2012, at the age of 68. The President of Ghana at the time was reported to have died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after suffering from throat cancer.

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However, the official cause of death was never disclosed to the public, and there were speculations and allegations that he might have been poisoned or assassinated.Some people also questioned why the autopsy report was not made available to the family or the public and demanded transparency and accountability from the government.

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