the ceremony to outdoor bukali ii began on january 25 throughout 27 of 2019. the preceding two weeks of his investiture was devoted to the celebration of the final funeral rites of mahamadu iv and yakubu ii; each lasting one week with the former taking the lead. this timeline was determined by the committee of eminent chiefs formed by the government of ghana to intervene the dispute that followed the murder of the immediate past yaa naa yakubu ii that led to a 17-years long vacancy of the "yendi skins".