Updated September 13, 2026 — Accra’s gospel timeline went quiet this afternoon. Ghanaian gospel musician Ebenezer Osei Kumi — also known in ministry circles as Minister Osei Kumi — has died after a prolonged battle with liver disease / liver infection. Media personality and outlet DEK360 Ghana confirmed the passing on Instagram on 13 September 2026, and the news travelled the way Accra news travels: fast, heavy, and full of “ei” in the comments.
This one is not for the clapback section. Soften the jokes, open the prayer, and leave room for the family. Ghana’s gospel community is already carrying fresh grief after the passing of legend Bernice Offei yesterday a heavy week for the choir loft, and nobody asked for two farewells this close together.
How the confirmation landed
YEN.com.gh (Portia Arthur, published 13 Sep 2026 around 2:21 PM) reports that DEK360 Ghana — the same desk that visited Osei Kumi at Nyaho Clinic in Accra last month, documented his hospitalisation, and appealed for public support — broke the death news on Instagram. Alongside the announcement, a hospital-bed photograph circulated: yellow wristband, nasal cannula, bandaged hand. The kind of frame you never want trending for a worship leader.
DEK360’s note to supporters was short and heavy: “Thank you all for supporting him and sharing. We did our best, but God knows what's best for us.” That line alone told the whole room what time it was. Follow the confirmation culture on DEK360 Ghana’s Instagram and the widely shared post tied to the YEN report.
The hospital battle Accra already knew
Earlier this month, both YEN and The Vaultz News covered Osei Kumi’s admission at Nyaho Clinic for a liver infection. DEK360’s bedside visit put a human face on the bill: the musician’s sister said treatment was costing the family about GH¢15,000 every two days. Food and fluids were going through a tube. Doctors were considering sending him abroad for specialised care. The sister appealed to the public and the gospel fraternity to help carry the load.
Chale — GH¢15,000 every two days is not “small small hospital money.” That is rent, school fees, and somebody’s whole month colliding inside one ward. Accra understands that math too well. When gospel families go public, it is rarely for clout; it is because the invoice does not care how anointed the last altar call sounded.
Who he was in the Ghana gospel lane
Osei Kumi was not always the loudest name on the Billboard-style charts, and that is part of why this sting lands differently. Artists like him often live in the church PA system, the midweek rehearsal, the features that lift another minister’s project. YEN notes he previously featured on K Victor’s gospel songs Yesu Ba Maa Me and Mayeyie Rensa Da the kind of credits that sit in playlists and phone storage long after the premiere week ends.
Gospel in Ghana is infrastructure. It is taxi radios at dawn, aunties humming harmony in traffic, and young ministers learning that ministry and medical bills can share the same week. When one of those voices leaves after a public hospital fight, the timeline does not only cry it also argues about liver and kidney disease, about how fast support arrives, and about how many quiet gospel workers only trend when the ward photo drops. That conversation is uncomfortable. It is also necessary.
A heavy week for Ghana gospel
Yesterday, The Ent News reported the passing of gospel legend Bernice Offei at 63 — the Hold On / Life Is Short voice that taught a generation endurance. Today, another gospel name exits after a liver battle. Two different careers, one country, one weekend of black and white WhatsApp statuses. Accra does not need a metaphor here. The choir just got thinner, and the comments under DEK360’s post already sound like a wake: “May his soul rest peacefully,” “Such a young man,” “This liver and kidney issues these days — oh Lord have mercy.
Respect the tone. Warmth over punchlines. If you have a favourite ministry clip, share the clean link. If you prayed when the Nyaho appeal dropped, keep the family in that same prayer — only now the request has changed from recovery to comfort.
What happens next
Funeral arrangements and a fuller family statement will likely follow in the coming days. Until then, the cleanest public move is simple: credit the sources that confirmed without inventing drama, amplify official family channels when they speak, and leave the pirate MP3 blogs out of the tribute. Stream and share official gospel catalogues only no stolen downloads dressed up as “memorial packs.”
The Ent News will update this story if family organisers or DEK360 publish burial details or a formal programme. For now, Accra mourns Ebenezer Osei Kumi gospel musician, Nyaho Clinic fighter, brother whose sister asked the nation for help — and we hold the line with dignity.
Rest well, Minister. The ward lights can go dim; the songs you left in peoples phones will keep the night watch.
Sources: YEN.com.gh Portia Arthur (13 Sep 2026); YEN hospitalisation report; The Vaultz News (3 Sep 2026); DEK360 Ghana Instagram confirmation.
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