Widow of Late Deputy Finance Minister denies food poisoning allegations

The widow of the late Dr. John Kumah, Deputy Finance Minister and NPP Member of Parliament for the Ejisu constituency, has refuted claims of food poisoning as the cause of his death.

Speaking exclusively to Asaase News, Apostle Lilian Kumah clarified that her husband battled a terminal illness for over a year, as diagnosed by doctors in Germany. She urged an end to speculation and called for legal action against individuals, including Blessed Godsbrain Smart (Captain Smart), who publicly alleged poisoning without providing evidence.

“Why is it that someone (referring to Captain Smart) has been this bold to claim that he knows for a fact that a person like John Kumah who has serviced his country virtually all his life, was poisoned, while he was working for his country and party (New Patriotic Party, NPP), why should we sit down and not bring that person to book.

“If it is true that a person who is not dead but alive claims that he knows how my husband (John Kumah) died and that he was poisoned, and that person is still moving around for the past three weeks, it hurts me, it saddens me and I do not know how best to express my frustrations about these false claims by Captain Smart,” the widow of John Kumah, Apostle Lilian Kumah said.

“If there are laws in this country concerning such false claims, I think this is the time for the leadership of the land to bring that wicked person (Captain Smart) to book to prove his false claims and to point out the persons who were involved in the poisoning of my late husband,” Mrs. Kumah further stated.

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Apostle Lilian Kumah stressed that throughout her husband’s medical check-ups in Germany and Ghana, no doctor mentioned poisoning, confirming a blood-related disease diagnosed in August 2023. Dr. John Kumah passed away at the Suhum government hospital on March 7, 2024, and his widow urged authorities to address false claims, seeking justice for her late husband and holding accountable those making baseless allegations.