President John Mahama promises full investigation

Ghana John’s president promised to completely investigate the helicopter crash on Wednesday, killing two government ministers and six other people.

Defense Minister Edward Ayman Bamah, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ibrahim Mortalia Mohamed, 50, they were among those who were killed when a military plane crashed in the Central Ashanti area.

In a televised speech to the nation, Mahama said that the accident represents a “personal loss” for him.

“I shared a link with many of those who died. Our nation is sad,” he said.

The Z9 helicopter, which carried three crew and five passengers, landed in a thick forest where it was flying from the capital, Accra, to the town of Opas to attend an event to treat illegal mining. There were no survivors.

The bodies of the eight deceased were recovered from the crash site, and samples were sent to South Africa to determine the determination and criminal analysis.

The Deputy National Security Coordinator in Ghana and former Minister of Agriculture, Hajj Monero Mohamed, was among the dead, along with Samuel Sarong, Deputy Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress Party.

The state’s funeral will be held on August 15 for the victims, according to Agence France -Presse.

The authorities did not confirm the cause of the accident, but Mahama confirmed that the audio recordings and the cockpit plays were retrieved and that the armed Ghana forces “began” completely and transparently. “

Ghana’s meteorological agency expected unusually weather for the month of August, as the last rain and light shower caused blurry conditions in many forest areas. Local farmers reported near the morning fog crash while the helicopter was flying over it.

An eyewitness told the BBC that the helicopter was flying on a “unusually low height” and the weather was bad.

He said that he heard the sound of the helicopter, followed by a “noisy voice” and then “noise”.

“This is when I realized that the helicopter had exploded. So I rushed to the place to see if I could find the survivors,” he said.

“It was not saved,” said the farmer when he reached the scene.

This is the deadliest of three separate emergencies that include air helicopters in Ghana in recent years.

In 2020, the Z-9 helicopter in the Air Force in Ghana achieved a landing in emergency situations near Tamali Airport, and last year, another helicopter in the Air Force in Ghana achieved a decline in emergency situations in the West Ghana region.

Many Ghanaians are shocked by the news and are still struggling to reconcile with the news. Pictures showing that the charred residues of the helicopter were spinning on social media.

The President Mahama suspended all his activities for the rest of the week and announced three days of mourning, starting on Thursday.

The flags of the country fly in half of the mast.

The crew members were named as a Peter Bavimi squadron leader, flying officer Manin Toom Asmako, and Sergeant Ernest Ado Minsah.

Boumah served during the previous Mahaama government as Minister of Communications and before that he was the Environment Minister. As the Minster of Defense, he dealt with the jihadist activity that was brewing in the northern border in Burkina Faso.

In 2022, a non -governmental organization based in France, its research, said its research showed that jihadist groups recruited between 200 and 300 Ghanaian youth.

Also, violence in the region is rising, with fears that jihadists may try to use collective fighting between competing societies in northern Ghana.

Boumay’s book is scheduled to show a peaceful man in African democracy, on former President John Elas Mills, later in the year.

Muhammad was at the forefront of the battle against illegal gold mining, which led to the destruction of the environment, rivers and polluted lakes.

The protests against this practice, known locally as Galamsey, reached its climax during the Matham Racing for the presidency last year.