The Overlord of Gonja, Prof Tuntunba Boressah II has passed on.

The 90-year-old king died in the early hours of Sunday, 5th February 2023.

Traditional funeral rites and mourning for Prof. Boressah II who was the president of the Savannah Regional House of Chiefs have started.

The late Chief was enskinned as Yagbonwura in March 2010. Prior to that he was the Paramount Chief of the Kusawgu Traditional Area of Gonja under the skin name Kusawguwura Sulemana Jakpa.