Dr Edward Omane Boamah Reportedly Helped an NPP-aligned Editor Travel Abroad for Cancer Treatment
- The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effiduase/Asokore, Nana Ayew Afriyie, opened up about the good qualities of Edward Omane Boamah
- Boamah, Ghana’s defence minister, died in a tragic helicopter crash while travelling from Accra to Obuasi for an anti-galamsey event
- Afriyie recounted how Omane Boamah helped a political opponent travel abroad for cancer treatment
The good deeds of Ghana’s late defence minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, have been laid bare following his tragic death.
Source: Facebook
Edward Omane Boamah died in a helicopter crash while travelling from Accra to Obuasi.
He was on board a military helicopter with seven others, including four government and party officials, and three crew members.
According to a press release from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), the Z-9 helicopter took off from Accra at 9:12 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, en route to Obuasi.
The helicopter was declared missing after it went off radar, and a search effort was launched to find it.
It was later discovered to have crashed near Sikaman, in the Adansi Akrofuom area of the Ashanti Region, killing all eight people on board.
The victims were identified as:
Dr. Edward Omane Boamah - Minister for Defence
Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed - Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
Muniru Mohammed - Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator
Samuel Aboagye - a former Member of Parliament
Samuel Sarpong - Vice Chairman of the NDC and Presidential staffer
Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala
Flying Officer Mane-Twum Ampadu
Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah
Below is a Facebook video from the crash site.
Effiduase MP mourns kind-hearted Omane Boamah
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for Effiduase/Asokore, Nana Ayew Afriyie, has mourned the death of Edward Omane Boamah.
A close friend of the late minister, he recalled their close bond from childhood to medical school and Parliament.
“My cousin I will see no more. My heart is deeply troubled. Life oo Life! Kofi we made it together from home to Uni. We kept our bond from the 90s. Kofi was always in Commonwealth Hall with me, though a resident at Okponglo. In med school @ Korlebu, the scores were settled when we were allocated one room & we bonded in room B63. Politics has never separated us after school,” he said.
Afriyie said he heard the news of Omane Boamah’s death from the editor of an NPP-aligned newspaper, whom the late Minister helped immensely.
“Kofi, I am devastated! The Chief editor of an opposition newspaper you helped to the US for cancer treatment called this morning, as I am not in Ghana, to break the news to me. Doc, have you heard the news?” he wrote.
The Facebook post shared by the MP is below.
Military retrieves bodies of helicopter crash victims
Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that military personnel evacuated the remains of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and other victims killed in a Ghana Armed Forces helicopter crash.
In a solemn moment, soldiers carefully carried the bodies of the victims, while awed onlookers stood in silence, grieving the national loss.
Ambulances were also on standby to help transport the remains to the morgue before a befitting funeral would be held in their honour.
Source: YEN.com.gh
