Samuel Aboagye: Market Women Wail as Obuasi MP Hopeful Perishes in Helicopter Crash
- Samuel Aboagye, the Obuasi East parliamentary candidate during the 2024 elections, has been confirmed dead
- He was among eight victims of the fatal helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom area of the Ashanti Region
- The parliamentary hopeful's demise has thrown his constituency into gloom as they mourn his short-lived life
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Obuasi East has been plunged into sorrow after MP hopeful, Samuel Aboagye, was confirmed as a casualty of the tragic helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region.
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In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh, constituents at the Obuasi Central Market were seen wailing after hearing the tragic news from August 6.
Samuel Aboagye ran for MP in Obuasi East on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year's general elections.
He was initially declared the winner by 19 votes, before a controversial recount reversed the results in favour of his competitor, Patrick Boakye-Yiadom of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Despite the reversal, he filed a legal challenge and praised the Supreme Court’s stance in similar cases defending electoral integrity.
He was appointed Deputy Director General at the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in February 2025 and began serving the nation in an executive role.
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Reports indicate that the MP hopeful was a man of the grassroots.
He donated GH¢180,000 to support victims of violent clashes between AngloGold Ashanti and illegal miners in early 2025.
In March 2024, he provided GH¢25,000 to victims of a devastating fire at the Boete timber market.
Aboagye was aboard the Ghana Armed Forces Z‑9 helicopter en route to Obuasi for the launching of the responsible cooperative mining and skills development programme when the tragedy occurred.
President John Dramani Mahama was billed to be the event's special guest, but sent his Minister for Defence in his stead.
All eight people aboard the flight died on the spot. Their remains were retrieved from the crash site hours later.
The fatalities also included Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Environment, Science and Technology Minister Dr Alhaji Murtala Muhammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator Alhaji Muniru Mohammed, Vice-Chairman of the NDC Dr Samuel Sarpong, Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Twum Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
Samuel Aboagye's death in crash stirs reactions
YEN.com.gh gathered a few comments from netizens in reaction to Samuel Aboagye's tragic passing.
user9539810274467 said:
"From June , July and August a lot is just happening, people are dying, people are fighting, people being kidnapped, Accidents hmm RIP to their soul 😭"
NANA AMA SIKAPA 🧊 wrote:
"I wonder what his wife will be going through hmmmm."
ÆGUDIE💰🇨🇦 remarked:
"Some people are in the last year of their lives and they dont even know. Lets love, laugh and forgive. May their souls rest in peace."
John Mahama issues directive after helicopter crash
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that President Mahana had declared three days of national mourning beginning Thursday, August 7, 2025, in honour of the eight Ghanaians who had died in a tragic military helicopter crash on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Presidency said all official activities and engagements of the president for the remainder of the week have been suspended. Additionally, all national flags were to fly at half-mast until further notice following the crash.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
