Widow of the late Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has dismissed claims that her husband's demise was due to food poisoning.

She clarified that John Kumah had fought a severe illness for more than a year.

As General Overseer of Disciples of Christ Ministries, Apostle Lilian Kumah voiced her anguish over the rumors surrounding her husband's passing, urging people to refrain from spreading baseless allegations.

She revealed that John Kumah had battled a terminal illness for nearly a year, a condition first diagnosed by doctors in Germany.

“My husband went through pain but he never showed that he was in pain. He went through all the pain to do everything he needed to do during the period of his ill-health.

“He was motivated by a particular motto that he always operated by, which is, we don’t do what is convenient, we do what we are commanded to do.

“Right from day one since he was diagnosed in Germany, I have been part of the medical processes my husband went through, and no one, none of the doctors ever told me that my husband’s medical situation was because of poisoning.

“I have all the medical reports both from Germany and Ghana and food poisoning has never been mentioned in any of the reports,” citinewsroom.com quoted her to have said in an Interview with Asaase FM.

John Kumah, the Member of Parliament for Ejisu under the New Patriotic Party (NPP), passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Suhum Government Hospital.