- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with Ghanaian President, John Mahama, and people of Ghana over a tragic helicopter crash that claimed eight lives, including two ministers.
NPO Reported that a military aircraft, which conveyed the Defence Minister Edward Boamah, Environment Minister Ibrahim Muhammed, and six others, crashed on Wednesday in Ghana’s southern Ashanti region, killing all on board.
Reacting in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Nigerian President expressed his condolences to the neighbouring West African country.
Tinubu assured President Mahama and all Ghanaian that the thoughts and prayers of the government and people of Nigeria are with them during the time of profound national loss.
The President urged the Ghanaian nation and the bereaved families to find comfort in the knowledge that their loved ones died in the line of patriotic service to the country.
He prayed for the peaceful repose of the souls of the departed and strength for those they left behind.