President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that forensic reports on all eight victims of the August 6, military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region have been received.
Speaking at the burial of two of the victims - Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and MP for Tamale Central, and Alhaji Limuna Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator - President Mahama revealed that the reports had been delivered electronically, clearing the way for their interment.
DNA samples had been sent to South Africa for analysis due to the severely charred condition of the bodies. "Happily, that process was concluded yesterday [August 9].
We received the forensic results for our brothers [Murtala and Alhaji Muniru], and that is why we have come to bury them ahead.
