Tragedy In Ghana: Charred Bodies Of Two Ministers And Six Others Recovered In Sacks After Military Helicopter Crash Video

Ghana’s Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, and Environment Minister, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, were among eight people who lost their lives in a tragic helicopter crash in the southern Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6.

According to the Ghanaian military, the K9 helicopter had departed from the capital, Accra, in the morning and was en route to the gold-mining town of Obuasi when it suddenly disappeared from the radar. The wreckage was later discovered in the Adansi area of Ashanti.

Other victims included Alhaji Mohammad Muniru Limuna, Deputy National Security Coordinator and former Minister of Agriculture, as well as Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of former President Mahama’s National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The charred remains of the two ministers and six other victims were retrieved from the crash site and removed in sacks.