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President John Mahama promises full research


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Towns and flowers at the mourning of the EPA for eight people, including two government officials, died in a military helicopterTry

Ghana mourning is in the national period after the helicopter accident

President John Mahama in Ghana has promised full research in a Wednesday helicopter accident with two ministers of government minister and six other people.

Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and the environment, science and technology Muhammed by Ibrahim Murrna Muhammed, 50, a military aircraft were among those who died when they fell in the Central Ashanti region.

At the television address, Mahama said the accident represent the “personal loss” for him.

“I shared a bond with many dead. Our nation is getting serious,” he said.

The Z9 helicopter took three crew and five passengers, which fell into a dense forest, ACCRA, when he flew from the village of Obuas for an event to deal with illegal mining. He did not survive.

The bodies of eight dead have recovered from the accident area, and the samples have been sent to South Africa for forensic identification and analysis.

The National Security Coordinator of Ghana and Alhaji Muniru Mohammed was also among the dead agricultural minister, along with Samuel Sarpong, Vice-President of the National Party of the National Democratic Congress.

August 15 will take place in the State Funeral, reporting AFP.

What caused the accident?

Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the accident, but Mahama confirmed that flight data and Cockpit voice recorders were recovered and that Ghana’s Armed Forces began to be a complete and transparent investigation. “

The Meteorological Agencies of Ghana predicted cold weather in August, with the latest rains and future showers in many forest areas. Local farmers on the crisis site reported the morning fog as the helicopter progresses.

A supervisor said BBC said the helicopter was “unusual low height” and the weather was bad.

He said he heard the sound of the helicopter, and then “a loud sound” and then “bang”.

“I realized that the helicopter exploded. So I rushed to see if I survived the place,” he said.

The farmer said when he arrived at the stage, “no one was rescued.”

In recent years Ghana Air Force Helicopter has three mortal emergency events.

In 2020, the Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 made an emergency landing near Tamale Airport, and last year, a helicopter of the Ghana Air Force in the Western Region of Bonsukrom in Bonsukrom.

Three days of the national mourning

Many Ghanari are surprised by the news and fighting with news. Images show the square footprints of the helicopter, circulated on social networks.

The President Mahama has abandoned all activities for the rest of the week and called for three days since Thursday.

Country flags fly in the middle of the mast.

The crew was named Peter Bafemi anal box, Manin Twum-Ampadu official and Ernest Addo Mensah Sergeant.

Who was Edward Omane Boamah?

Boamah worked according to the previous government of Mahama as a minister of communication and was previously minister before the environment. The defense Minster confronted the jihadist activity developing in the northern border of Burkina Faso.

In 2022, a France-based NGO, the promotion said the research showed that the jihadist group was hired between 200 and 300 young Ghana.

The surrounding violence has also risen, worries that Jihadists try to exploit the communal struggle between the opponent of the north of Ghana.

Boamah’s peaceful book in an African democracy, Around Former President John Atta Mills, year later.

Who Wos Abraham Murality Muhammed?

Muhammed was at the forefront of the fight against gold mining mining, which sank the environment and the contaminated rivers and lakes.

Protests against practice, like Galamsey, prevailed last year in the presidency of Mahama.

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