GHANA’S MINISTERS OF DEFENCE AND ENVIRONMENT AND SIX OTHER PERSONS HAVE DIED WHEN A MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHED IN THE CENTRAL ASHANTI REGION.
DEFENCE MINISTER EDWARD BOAMAH AND ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER IBRAHIM MUHAMMED, WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH, WHICH CHIEF OF STAFF JULIUS DEBRAH DESCRIBED AS A “NATIONAL TRAGEDY”.
THE Z9 HELICOPTER, CARRYING THREE CREW AND FIVE PASSENGERS, CAME DOWN IN A DENSE FOREST AS IT WAS FLYING FROM THE CAPITAL, ACCRA, TO THE TOWN OF OBUASI FOR AN EVENT TO TACKLE ILLEGAL MINING.
THE EIGHT BODIES HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND TRANSPORTED TO ACCRA IN COFFINS DRAPED IN THE GHANAIAN FLAG.
