Ghana: Helicopter Crash Victims Honoured At State Funeral

Ghana: Helicopter Crash Victims Honoured At State Funeral

A state funeral was organised on Friday at the black star Square in memory of the eight comrades who lost their lives in the recent helicopter crash.

Vice President leads delegation to console families of helicopter crash victims

By: Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei  Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Tuesday led a high-powered delegation from the Presidency to visit and console the bereaved families of victims of the recent fatal military helicopter crash. The courtesy visits covered the families of the late Dr. Samuel Sarpong, National Vice Chairman of the NDC; Samuel Aboagye, Deputy NADMO Director; Alhaji Muniru Limuna Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Secur…

Gov’t directs flags to full mast after state funeral for helicopter crash victims - Ghana Weekend

The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has directed that all national flags hoisted at public buildings across the country be restored to full mast with immediate effect, following the befitting burial and successful state funeral of the eight public officials who died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, in the Ashanti region. In a statement issued on Monday, August 18, the Presidency expressed profound gratitude to Ghanaians and …

Helicopter Crash and Issues Arising – Why Insult President Nana Akufo-Addo?

Former President Akufo-Addo and wife Rebecca Akufo-Addo   Since the unfortunate helicopter crash that killed some of the nation’s best on August 6, 2025, I have been grieving in my corner away from the limelight and hullabaloo. My sadness is not for show or hypocritical pomp. Truly, Murtala, Omane, Sarpong and the other gallant government officials and officers on board were fantastic persons by all standards based on testimonies from near and a…

GFL boss alleges helicopter crash was part of a plot against President Mahama

The helicopter crash killed two senior ministers and six others The Secretary General of the Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), Abraham Koomson, has alleged that the August 6 helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom, which claimed the lives of eight prominent Ghanaians, was not a mere accident but part of a failed coup attempt targeting President […] The post GFL boss alleges helicopter crash was part of a plot against President Mahama appeared first …