Cape Coast -- The grief of the Twidan Ebusua (clan) of Cape Coast with the death of their Ebusuapanyin has been deepened with the loss of the body at the University of Cape Coast Hospital mortuary.

Even though the police have been notified and investigations are going on, serious misunderstanding between the family members over the issue, threatens to break up the family.

According to a niece of the deceased, Mrs Josephine Dawson, who came to The Mirror office at Cape Coast, members of the clan conveyed the body of the late Ebusuapanyin, Kow Wiredu, to the mortuary on July 26, 2003.

She said the family agreed with the hospital authorities that an amount of ?880,000 be paid on October 17, 2003, before the body of the deceased could be taken from the mortuary for burial.

Mrs Dawson said the family dispatched the said amount three days before the due date to facilitate the smooth conveyance of the body back home. She said on reaching the mortuary, the attendant brought a strange corpse to them which was not the one they sent for preservation.

The family members then asked the attendant to search for the right body but it did not yield any positive results. She said in that state of confusion, a fight broke out among the family members who had gone to the mortuary to convey the body home for burial.

Mrs Dawson said the hospital authorities had assured the clan that the body of the late Ebusuapanyin would be retrieved for them. However, regular visits to the hospital have yielded no results.

When contacted on phone, the Director of the hospital, Mr J.K. Obeng, confirmed the story. He said the authorities are yet to retrieve the body and added that all efforts were being made to trace the