Copter Crash: Nii Lantey Vanderpuye Shares Initial Plan By Samuel Aboagye To Go To Obuasi By Road
- Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuiye has disclosed that he earlier spoke to one of the victims of the tragic helicopter crash near Obuasi
- He stated that Samuel Aboagye was the one who even suggested they travel together to Obuasi for the event by road
- He then expressed pain that the Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and other individuals were no more
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Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has sparked an emotional reaction from Ghanaians following his disclosure about the tragic helicopter crash at Adansi Sikamaan on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
Speaking on the sidelines during a wreath-laying event at Jubilee House on August 8, the National Coordinator for the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) disclosed that Samuel Aboagye, the Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), had called him the day before the crash.
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He said the purpose of the call from the NADMO top executive was to alert him that they would be driving to Obuasi to attend the official launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP), hence urging him to sleep early, he was up in time for the journey..
On that day of the event, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye said he received a call from someone else who informed him that Samuel Aboagye would be flying to Obuasi on a helicopter.
The former Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency, with a look of sadness, indicated that he never envisaged that the NADMO executive and others on that flight would lose their lives.
"Aboagye called me the night before and said there’s this program in Obuasi. He wants us to go together, me, Eddie Kwarteng, and him. I am the one who never gets up early. So I should sleep early and get up at 4 a.m. We shall drive to Obuasi. So, I asked my wife to wake me up. Unfortunately, he didn’t call. Normally, we drive through the Central Region Road. Now we are going to Obuasi. We don’t go through Kumasi; we always go through Mankessim.
"So, I was expecting that he would come to my house, and then we would go together. He didn’t come. Then we had a call; Adequate called and said Abu Aboagye said he wants to go by helicopter. We wish him well. We didn’t know this was going to happen. It’s unimaginable. It’s a moment of unimaginable loss," he said, looking sad."
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Asiedu Nketia was supposed to be on the flight
The Deputy CEO of the Students Loan Trust Fund, Kojo Danquah, also disclosed that the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, was meant to have travelled on the Z-9 helicopter.
Speaking on UTV, he disclosed that Asiedu Nketia delegated his duties to the Vice Chairman of the party to attend the event due to unforeseen circumstances.
Details of the helicopter crash
The passengers aboard the flight were Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Murtala Mohammed, and other high-ranking government officials, including the Deputy National Security Coordinator, Limuna Muniru and the former Parliamentary Candidate for Obuasi East, Samuel Aboagye and NDC Vice Chairman, Dr Samuel Sarpong.
The others were Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.
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Bawumia mourns deaths in helicopter crash
In a related development, YEN.com.gh reported that a former Vice President mourned the lives lost in the tragic helicopter crash in Adansi Akrofuom.
Presidential hopeful Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, in a post on Facebook, stated that he had called President John Mahama to convey his deepest condolences.
Source: YEN.com.gh
