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State Funeral for victims of helicopter crash to be held today

Ghana will bury the remaining six victims of the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash.

The burial will be preceded by an interdenominational service, which is expected to be a military burial service.

The funeral will be in three parts, beginning with Bible and Qur’an recitals, followed by the main service, and ending with the burial.

The pre-burial programme will start at exactly 7:30 am and end at 9:00 am.

Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang will attend the event at 8:50 am, while the President is expected to arrive at 9:00 am to commence the service.

The three-hour ceremony will feature the reading of biographies of all eight crash victims, tributes from widows, children, government officials, and institutional representatives.

Following the service, the remains of six of the victims will be transported to the military cemetery at Tse Addo for interment, with burial rites jointly overseen by the GAF and the respective churches of the deceased.

Ghana lost eight leading citizens to a helicopter crash that occurred on August 6, 2025.

5 of the victims were leading members of the government, while three were military men.

Two of the victims, who are Muslims, have already been buried in line with Islamic customs and traditions.

The Ghana Armed Forces has assured the people of Ghana of a thorough investigation to bring finality to the crash and has urged the public to avoid speculating on the cause of the crash.

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