The death is reported of Alhaji Ibrahim Sharubutu, younger brother of the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu.
Alhaji Sharubutu died yesterday at the age of 82, a statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said.
The Chief Imam who is currently in Copenhagen, Denmark, on a peace and dialogue mission is due back in Accra for the funeral on Friday, June 18.
The statement added that the Chief Imam had postponed another scheduled trip to Tampa, Florida (United States) till next month.