Ghanaguardian.com can confirm that a former Ashanti Regional Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration, Peter Anarfi Mensah is dead.

He died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) today [Monday] August 20, after battling illness.

The former Minister has been on admission at the hospital for the past two weeks after he was accidentally hit by his own car at his private residence in Kumasi.

Mr. Anarfi Mensah suffered serious injuries because the vehicle trapped him for a considerable period before he was rescued.

Last week, he was visited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by former President John Jerry Rawlings.

The former Minister expressed his gratitude to the former President and his delegation and stated that he was responding positively to treatment.

His death comes barely 48 hours after the former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan died at a Swiss hospital.

Family sources say the late UN chief battled a short illness and died peacefully in his sleep.

By: Eric Nana Prekoh / Ghanaguardian.com