Two members of Ghana’s government –Defense Minister, Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, and six others have been killed in a helicopter crash.
Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff to the Ghanian President, who confirmed the crash said that it occured today, August 6, in the southern Ashanti region.
Ghana’s Armed Forces had said earlier today that it had lost contact with a Z9 helicopter that was en-route from the capital of Accra to Obuasi, a mining town in southern Ghana.
It said that five passengers and three crew were on board the flight.
The chief of staff, in a video statement said that flags would fly half mast until further notice.
This is a developing story.
