Hundreds of people gathered for the funeral service honouring five victims of the same family that were

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The funeral was held at the Methodist University College on Sunday to remember the five family members of Pastor Ato Kessie. They were Linda Kessie, aged 31, Jason Kessie, a three-week-old baby, and Jaden Kessie, aged four; Madam Grace Ampah, aged 65, mother-in-law of the pastor and Precious Pokuah, the nine-year-old niece of the pastor.

The Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, and his predecessor Alfred Oko Vanderpuiye were present at the funeral ceremony.

In a moving tribute, Pastor Kessie, a Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church pastor who lost his wife, two children, mother-in-law and a niece, said he feels empty without his wife.

He noted that one of his biggest regrets was that he could not say goodbye to his wife who was a pillar in his life.

"It is hard to accept your sudden death my dearest lover especially when I didn’t have the chance to say goodbye," Pastor Kessie said emotionally, adding "I wish you can hear me but you cannot."

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"I never knew the power and reality of death until it hit my family", he further said.