Ghana's Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday along with four other officials and three airforce crew, the government said, APA reports citing Reuters.
Julius Debrah, President John Mahama's chief of staff, told a press conference that the crash in which Boamah, Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and others were killed was a national tragedy.
"The president and government extend our condolences and sympathies to the families of our comrades and the servicemen who died in service to the country," Debrah said.
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