{"id":321069,"date":"2017-05-20T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321069"},"modified":"2017-05-20T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T14:22:14","slug":"one-week-celebration-for-late-christopher-opoku-held-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321069","title":{"rendered":"One-week celebration for late Christopher Opoku held [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friends, and sympathizers of late broadcaster, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/11\/beloved-journalist-christopher-opoku-passes-on\/\"><strong>Christopher Opoku<\/strong><\/a><\/span> gathered on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to mark a week&#8217;s anniversary of the passing of\u00a0their beloved.<\/p>\n<p>The sympathizers offered condolences and donations to the family of the deceased.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_321060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321060\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-321060 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Christopher-Opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-8.jpg\" alt=\"christopher-opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citi FM&#8217;s News Editor, Richard Mensah leading a delegation to the one-week celebration of the passing of Christopher Opoku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christopher Opoku, the celebrated Ghanaian journalist, best known for his role in the sports fraternity, sadly died at a London hospital on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>His burial has however been slated for July 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_321059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-321059\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-321059 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Christopher-Opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-7.jpg\" alt=\"christopher-opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-321059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family members mourning the demise of their relative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321058\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Christopher-Opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-6.jpg\" alt=\"christopher-opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Opoku until his trip abroad for treatment was a News Editor at <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> and had worked in the media for more than fifteen years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321056\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Christopher-Opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-4.jpg\" alt=\"christopher-opoku-one-week-passing-memorial-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The solemn event saw many paying glowing tribute to Mr. Opoku and reminiscing fond memories of him.<\/p>\n<p>The family of Christopher Opoku has set July 15 for his burial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friends, and sympathizers of late broadcaster, Christopher Opoku gathered on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to mark a week&#8217;s anniversary of the passing of\u00a0their beloved. The sympathizers offered condolences and donations to the family of the deceased. 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