Samuel Aboagye’s Widow Weeps As She Shares Scene From Their Wedding: “Where Are You My Bestie?”

Samuel Aboagye’s Widow Weeps As She Shares Scene From Their Wedding: “Where Are You My Bestie?”

  • Samuel Aboagye’s widow, Abigail Salami shared a new tribute post to her late husband that contained scenes from their wedding and other life moments
  • Salami opened up about her grief as she reminisced about plans they had made that were disrupted by his tragic death
  • Samuel Aboagye, a former NDC parliamentary candidate, was one of eight people killed in a helicopter crash on August 6

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Samuel Aboagye’s widow, Abigail Salami has evoked sadness on social media after she shared an emotional post lamenting his death.

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Samuel Aboagye's widow shares scenes from their wedding and other life moments in an emotional post mourning his death. Image credit: @abigailsalami7
Source: TikTok

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Obuasi East, Samuel Aboagye, was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Aboagye, who was a Deputy Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), died alongside four other high-profile government officials and three military officers.

The group were headed to Obuasi for an event on tackling illegal mining when they crashed into the Sikaman Forest in the Ashanti Region.

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Samuel Aboagye’s widow shares wedding scenes

In a post shared to TikTok on Monday, August 18, Samuel Aboagye’s widow, Abigail Salami, mourned his tragic passing in a heartbreaking post.

She shared a photo depicting what happened during their wedding, with the song Wo Ne Ma Houden by Deacom Sammy Baah in the background.

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Samuel Aboagye dies in a helicopter crash in the Sikaman Forest in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6. Image credit: @originalvina
Source: TikTok

The photo showed Samuel Aboagye and his beautiful bride seated with another of the helicopter crash victims, Alhaji Limuna Muniru, also in the frame, with a sorrowful caption accompanied by weeping emojis.

“The plan was to meet you and Alhaji Muniru in Atlanta today… where are you, my best friend? 😭😭😭😭#samuelaboagye #fallensoldier.” she wrote.

The TikTok post of Samuel Aboagye’s wedding is below.

Abigail Salami also shared another tribute to her husband on her TikTok page, accompanied by more images from some of the most exciting moments of their life.

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Reactions to Samuel Aboagye’s widow's wedding post

YEN.com.gh compiled some comments from Ghanaians reacting to the sad post of Samuel Aboagye’s widow mourning his death.

empress_annie said:

"May God strengthen you because no amount of words can put your soul at ease. We love you... it is well 🙏❤️."

user5491152344461 wrote:

"Sister-in-law, be strong for us because of our little princess, hmmm."

🧚‍♀️💞OFOSUAA🎀OHENMA 🌍❤️ commented:

"Aww madam Abigail, God knows the best 🙏."

nanayere20 said:

"Sorry, dear. May the Lord strengthen you. I really feel your pain 😩😩😩☺️😭😭😭."

comfort aggrey wrote:

"My dear, may God comfort you. Even those of us not close to him are really feeling the pain of his loss."

Dorcie_dee commented:

"Sorry, dear. My prayers are with you, OK? May the Good Lord comfort you."

Babykaf said:

"Aww, madam, so sorry, ok, this is heartbreaking. I don’t even know how you would heal, but may the almighty God comfort you. You are in my prayers."

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Samuel Aboagye’s wife shares his last message

Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that Samuel Aboagye’s wife evoked sadness as she shared the last ever message he sent her before his death.

Abigail Salami delivered a tribute to her late husband, which was read on her behalf, during the state funeral held at the Black Star Square on Friday, August 15.

Salami wept as Aboagye’s last romantic message was read. He had sent it to her on the morning of the crash, professing his love one last time.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Godwin Nii-Arhmah Okine (Entertainment Editor) Godwin Nii Armah Okine has over a decade of experience in online content creation. He joined YEN.com.gh as an Entertainment Editor in May 2025. Godwin graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies in 2014. He started his career at GhanaCelebrities.Com in 2014 as a sports correspondent, before being promoted to head of Entertainment and later, Managing Editor. Godwin covered the 2014 Africa Youth Games, Gaborone 2014, as a student journalist. Contact godwnii-armah.okine@yen.com.gh

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