The King and Overlord of the Gonja state, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa (I) who passed on at dawn of Saturday, 5th February 2023 at Damongo after 13 years on the Yagbon skin will be interred today, Monday, 6 February 2023, at the Gonja Kings Mausoleum at Mankuma near Bole in accordance to Gonja customs and traditions.

The Chief of Sonyo, Sonyonwura Adamu Bakari Kanyiti has in accordance to Gonja traditional arrangements on burial and succession of a King, since moved into the Jakpa Palace at Damongo to act as Head of State and President of the Gonja Traditional Council until a new Yagbonwura is enskinned.

The Sonyowura is also leading in all preparations for customary and traditional royal burial of the Yagbonwura at the royal mausoleum for Gonja Kings at Mankuma near Bole.

The body of the Yagbonwura has been moved to Nyange the former of first traditional capital of Gonja for other traditional rites before it would be moved to Mankuma through a path that was used for movement from the Bole area to Nyange.

Yagbonwura Sulemana Jakpa Tuntumba Boresa (I) was enthroned as King of the Gonja Kingdom in March, 2010.

He was the Kusaguwura of the Kusaguwura before becoming Yagbonwura.

In 1986 Yagbonwura Tuntumba was enskinned the Salaa-wura of the Kusawgu Traditional Area.