Ghana’s ministers of defence and surroundings have died in a army helicopter crash within the central Ashanti area, together with six different folks, a authorities spokesperson says.
Chief of Employees Julius Debrah instructed a press convention that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Setting, Science and Expertise Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, 50, had been killed within the crash, which he described as a “nationwide tragedy”.
Earlier, the Ghana Armed Forces stated the plane, which was carrying three crew and 5 passengers, had gone “off the radar”.
It had taken off from the capital, Accra, at 09:12 native time (and GMT) and was heading to the gold-mining city of Obuasi for a nationwide occasion.
The authorities haven’t confirmed the reason for the crash.
The chief of workers has directed the nation’s flags to fly at half-mast.
He prolonged condolences to “the servicemen who died in service to the nation,” on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama and the federal government.
Ghana’s Deputy Nationwide Safety Coordinator and former Agriculture Minister Alhaji Muniru Mohammed was additionally among the many useless, together with Samuel Sarpong, Vice-Chairman of the governing Nationwide Democratic Congress celebration.
The crew members had been named as Squadron Chief Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
