Former National Chairman of the (NPP), Awentami Paul Afoko, has expressed profound sadness over the tragic helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region that claimed the lives of eight persons, including some high-ranking government officials, including Dr Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister for Defence and Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, the Minister for Environment, Science and Technology.
In a press release dated August 8, 2025, the former NPP chairman extended his deepest condolences to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, families of the victims and the entire nation. "I knew Omane Boamah and considered him a friend.
I knew Alhaji Murtala and Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna.
They were brothers to me because of the depth of our relationship, and the pilot who died, Peter Anala, was my nephew," he recounted.
