Heavy Security Presence As Asanteman Observes Nana Konadu Yiadom III’s One-week

The Manhyia Palace is more than set today for the One-week observation of Nana Konadu Yiadom III, the late Queen of the Asante Kingdom.

The preparation took cognisance of the safety of all who may join Asanteman in mourning the revered traditional leader.

The precincts of the Manhyia Palace, where the event will take place, have a heavy security presence.

Personnel from all the security services can be seen from all angles of the Palace.

The one-week observation is expected to draw traditional leaders, dignitaries and mourners from across Ghana and beyond, necessitating enhanced security measures.

The Manhyia Palace has announced a ban on all funerals across Asanteman as well as diversion of selected roads today to allow for the proper observance of the celebration.

The Queen passed away peacefully on August 7, 2025.

About Nana Konadu Yiadom III
Born in 1927 at the Benyaade Shrine in Meredane, a small town in Kwadaso, Kumasi, Nana Konadu Yiadom III was the first daughter of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II and Opanin Kofi Fofie.

Entrusted to her aunt, Nana Afia Konadu, while still an infant, she grew up in Ashanti New Town, Kumasi, receiving a rich informal education that instilled discipline, cultural knowledge, and life skills.

As a teenager, she underwent traditional puberty rites alongside her niece, Nana Abena Ansa, and later married Opanin Kwame Boateng, a blacksmith from Aduman in Kumasi.

She was known for her humility, compassion, and sense of fairness, traits that earned her respect across Asanteman. In the mid-1990s, a prophecy foretold her future as Queen, a prediction fulfilled when she ascended the Nyarko Kusiamoah and Konadu Yiadom Stool on February 6, 2017, becoming the fourteenth Asantehemaa.

Her reign was marked by advocacy for maternal health, promotion of breastfeeding, and support for hospitals, as well as initiatives to preserve peace and unity in the Kingdom.

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/