The state funeral of the eight victims of the tragic military helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region is being held today, Friday, August 15, 2025.
The victims were en route to Obuasi for the launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP) on August 6, 2025, when the Ghana Armed Forces' Z-9 helicopter went down in what President John Dramani Mahama described as an "unpredictable and violent" crash.
The eight who lost their lives in the line of duty include Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Minister of Defence; Alhaji Dr Murtala Mohammed, Member of Parliament for Tamale Central and Minister of Environment, Science and Technology; Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator; Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress; Samuel Aboagye, Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation; Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Ghana Air Force; Flying Officer Malin Twum-Ampadu, Ghana Air Force; and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah, Ghana Air Force.
Two of the victims, Alhaji Dr Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna, were accorded Islamic state burials at the Military Cemetery on August 10, 2025.
