African Union Chairman and President of Benin, Thomas Yayi Boni is part of a delegation of the African diplomatic corps to console ex-first lady Ernestina Naadu Mills at her residence in Accra.
The delegation led by the Dean, Senipad Seinu assured the widow the entire African continent is with her in her moment of grief.
Joy News International Correspondent Jefferson Sackey was with delegation and reports the group paid glowing tribute to the late president John Mills.
Yaya Boni who together with the late president were invited by President Barack Obama to attend the G8 Summit was deeply saddened by the death of Prof John Mills.
Sackey reported the AU Chair as saying the late president was a brother, a colleague and an advisor.
Meanwhile, a delegation from Ghana’s Parliament is also standing by at the residence to empathise with Mrs Naadu Mills.
Adom FM’s Listowell Fodjour who is with them said the Parliamentarians are clad in red and in a somber mood going through formalities to see the ex-first lady.
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