Helicopter Crash: Obuasi East NDC Chairman Weeps As He Mourns Samuel Aboagye, Other Victims at Vigil
- The NDC Obuasi East constituency leaders mourned the eight victims of the tragic helicopter crash at a night vigil
- In a TikTok video, the party's constituency chairman was devastated as he paid his respect to Samuel Aboagye, one of the victims
- The sad scenes from the vigil held by the NDC Obuasi East constituency executives evoked sadness from Ghanaians
The Obuasi East constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) held a vigil on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, to mourn the eight individuals who lost their lives in the recent tragic helicopter crash.
Source: TikTok
The public ceremony brought a large number of individuals living in the constituency together to light candles and mourn the victims, including the late former NDC parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Samuel Aboagye, a week after they tragically passed away.
NDC Chairman weeps at the vigil
During the vigil, the NDC Chairman for the Obuasi East constituency mounted the stage to pay his last respects to the eight victims.
Tears began to drip from the constituency party leader's eyes as he spoke about Samuel Aboagye, with whom he had a close relationship.
The NDC Chairman for the Obuasi East constituency later became overwhelmed with emotions and shed uncontrollable tears as he eulogised the late Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
The man's colleagues, who stood beside him, consoled him as he stopped speaking and continued to mourn.
The video of the NDC Chairman for the Obuasi East constituency weeping at the vigil is below:
Samuel Aboagye, others die in helicopter crash
Samuel Aboagye was among the eight individuals who tragically passed away in a helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
Source: UGC
The victims of the unfortunate incident were five political officials, including two cabinet ministers and three members of the Ghana Armed Forces.
The Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, the Deputy National Security Coordinator, Limuna Muniru, and the former Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Samuel Sarpong, were inside the helicopter when tragedy struck.
The victims were travelling to Obuasi for the official launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP), an anti-Galamsey event, before their Z-9 helicopter crashed into a thick forest.
Reactions to NDC Chairman weeping at vigil
The video of the NDC Chairman for the Obuasi East constituency weeping evoked sadness among some Ghanaians on social media. YEN.com.gh has gathered some comments from social media users below:
Alem Lawren commented:
"It is well with us. 😢💔🙏."
RealSpies said:
"This is so sad to bear."
MALZ wrote:
"This is so sad 😭😭😭. God, why?"
Samuel Aboagye's widow weeps at his one-week
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Samuel Aboagye's widow wept at his one-week observation in his residence on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
In a video, Abigail Salami was overwhelmed with emotions and needed consoling from her family members at the ceremony following her return to Ghana from the US.
Many Ghanaians thronged to social media to sympathise with Samuel Aboagye's widow as she mourned her husband's demise.
Source: YEN.com.gh
