Thursday, August 7, 2025 - A helicopter crash has k!lled Ghana’s defence and environment ministers.
Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment
Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among eight victims of the crash in the
southern Ashanti region of the country, said Julius Debrah, chief of staff to
President John Mahama, on Wednesday, August 6.
The Ghanaian military said the helicopter took off in the
morning from the capital, Accra, and was heading northwest into the interior
toward the gold-mining area of Obuasi in the Ashanti region when it went off
the radar. The wreckage was later found in the Adansi area of Ashanti.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, and
the military said an investigation was underway.
“The president and the government extend their condolences
and solidarity to the families of our comrades and soldiers who fell in their
service to the nation,” said Debrah.
Also among the victims were Alhaji Mohammad Muniru Limuna,
deputy national security coordinator and former minister of agriculture, and
Samuel Sarpong, vice chairman of Mahama’s National Democratic Congress (NDC)
party.
Boamah became President John Mahama’s defence minister
earlier this year shortly after Mahama’s swearing-in in January.
State media reported that the aircraft was a Z-9 helicopter
that is often used for transport and medical evacuation.
An online video of the crash site shows debris on fire in a
forest as some citizens circle around to help.
Wednesday’s crash was one of Ghana’s worst air disasters in
more than a decade. In May 2014, a service helicopter crashed off the coast,
killing at least three people.
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