President John Mahama assured full inspection

Ghana President John Mahama has promised a full investigation into a helicopter accident on Wednesday in which two government ministers and six others were killed.

Defense Minister Edward Oma, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Ibrahim Murtla Muhammad, When a military aircraft collapsed in the central unaccompanied region, 50 were killed.

Speaking to the country on television, Mahama said that the accident showed “personal damage” for him.

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

Z9 helicopters, three crews and five passengers came down in dense forests while flying from the capital Akra to the city of Obusi for an event to relieve illegal mining. There was no read.

The bodies of the eight dead have been seized from the crash site and samples have been sent to South Africa for forensic identity and analysis.

Ghana’s Deputy National Security Coordinator and former Agriculture Minister Alhaji Munir Mohammad was among the dead.

AFP said the state funeral will be held for the victims on August.

Officers did not confirm this for crash for the cause of the crash, but the Mahant confirmed that flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered and the Ghana armed forces started “complete and transparent inspection”.

Ghana’s meteorite agency predicted unusual cold weather for August. Due to the recent rainfall and light rains, fog situation in many forests has created. Local farmers near the crash site reported the fog in the morning due to the overhead flight by the helicopter.

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

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

He said, “When I realized that I had a helicopter explosion. So I hurried to see if I could find the people I read.”

The farmer said that when he came to the scene, “no one will save anyone”.

This is one of the three independent emergency events involving Ghana Air Force helicopters in recent years.

In the 5th, the Harbor Z -9 helicopter of the Ghana Air Force operated an emergency near Tamle Airport, and last year, the second helicopter of the Ghana Air Force conducted an emergency landing in Bonscurrom in the western part of Ghana.

He has been shocked by the news of Ghana and are still pushing to agree to the news. Images showing the helicopter irritation remains are moving on social media.

President Mahama has suspended all his planned activities in the rest of the week and declared a three -day mourning from Thursday.

The country’s flags are flying on half the mast.

The crew members were named after Squadron leader Peter Bafmemy Anal, Flying Officer Manin Twim-Ampadu and Sergeant Ernest Ado Mena.

Bomah served as the Minister of Communication under the previous government of Mahala and before that he was the Environment Minister. As Minister of Defense, he faced jihadist activities on the northern border in Burkina Faso.

In the 5th, a NGO in France said that the jihadist groups had recruited from 1 to Young Ghana.

Violence in this area is also increasing, due to the concern that the jihadists are trying to exploit the ethnic organizations in the rival communities in Ghana Ghana.

Bomha’s book of African democracy on former President John Ata Mills was to come out after the year.

Muhammad was at the forefront of the battle against illegal gold mining, which destroyed environment and contaminated rivers and lakes.

Last year, the protest against the practice, known as Galmese during the post of President of Mahala, increased.