The late Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah was a victim of the August 6 helicopter crash
Mercy Amoah, the wife of Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah, who was one of the 8 victims who died in the August 6, 2025, fatal helicopter crash, has expressed confidence in the salvation of her late husband.
In her tribute to her husband at the interfaith and interdenominational state burial held for the victims on Friday, August 15, 2025, Mercy spoke confidently of her husband’s faith as a Christian.
“Your love for God was unmatched, and I affectionately called you ‘My Apostle’. Mantse, it’s been days, and you have not called at 5 am for us to pray. Ah death, shame on you! You have not won; Christ has, because Ernest died knowing Him as his Lord and Savior,” she stated.
The widow spoke fondly of her late husband, emphasising the depth of their shared love while noting her difficulty in coming to terms with the death of the late Sergeant.
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“To my biggest cheerleader, the kindest of hearts, my big brother, and my Mantse, putting words together for your tribute is the hardest task I have ever been given. My heart aches beyond words thinking of not seeing your beautiful ‘receptionist smile’ as you called it or hearing you call me ‘Manye’ a hundred times in a day.
“You gave me the experience of being deeply understood, genuinely supported, and utterly loved. You often said, ‘Manye, I will give us a life that many people will wish to be in your shoes,’ but now, these shoes you’ve put on me, no one wishes to wear. Should I say you lied? No, because I know if you had control over life, you would choose to live a thousand years to make me happy,” she stated.
On August 6, 2025, a Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 military helicopter crashed into a forested mountainside in the Adansi Akrofuom District, Ashanti Region, killing all eight people on board. The helicopter was en route from Kotoka International Airport in Accra to Obuasi for an event focused on combating illegal mining.
The deceased include Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Minister of Defence; Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology; Alhaji Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator; Dr Samuel Sarpong, 1st Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC); Samuel Aboagye, Deputy Director-General of NADMO; and three crew members: Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Mane-Twum Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
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The Muslims among the victims: Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Muniru were buried earlier on August 10 in line with Islamic practice, while the remaining victims will be buried after the state funeral at the Military Cemetery, Tse Addo.
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