Accra, Ghana – E be big wahala wey happen for Ghana as helicopter crash land for the southern Ashanti region, carry go all eight people wey dey inside including two big ministers. Our oyibo padi for government, Julius Debrah, wey be the chief of staff to President John Mahama, don confirm say Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed no dey again after di tragic incident. E no sweet at all (dem say bad things no suppose happen to good people).
Di crash happen around 9:00 am local time, after di Z9 helicopter take off from Accra, dey head go Obuasi for one event wey go dey tackle illegal mining wey dey spoil our land. As per di reports, di chopper just vanish for radar like magician wey no wan show im trick. Na wah o!
Di list of people wey perish for di crash get some big names, including Alhaji Mohammad Muniru Limuna, wey na deputy national security coordinator and former minister of agriculture, plus Samuel Sarpong, wey dey serve as vice chairman for di ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). Dis one no be better news at all for dem families (people go just dey cry).
As Ghanaians dey try process di shock, President Mahama don extend im condolence to di families wey lose movement, dey say: “We go miss our comrades wey fall for di service of our nation.” E no easy. E be serious matter wey dey touch plenty hearts.
Boamah, di defence minister, don do plenty work for government, even before dem make am defence minister, e don serve as di communications minister (he get him CV well packed). People sabi am as dem wey dey try protect di nation from di wahala wey dey come from northern border, where rebel groups dey cause palava for Burkina Faso.
Dis crash dey also come as di country dey face plenty security challenges, wey go fit be as fallout from di ongoing problems for di Sahel region. No be everybody wey fit sit down dey watch wahala dey unfold. Observers don already dey warn say arms trafficking dey hot and dem dey fear say fighters fit come enter Ghana. Na wah! (E be like say dem no know how to give peace chance).
Boamah don also plan to release book soon wey dem call, ‘A Peaceful Man in an African Democracy’, about di late former President John Atta Mills wey die for 2012. E be serious loss to democracy, as e get plenty wisdom to share. But now, na story wey don change.
As dis news dey circulate, di Ghana Armed Forces don say all di flags for di country go dey fly low. Our paddy, di Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, talk say di president dey feel down emotionally dis time. Dem need show more love for di people wey dey go through this kind stress (we no go wish dis kind thing for our enemies). So as we dey look out for more updates, we dey hope say dis kind thing no go repeat again, make we all rest small.
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