Ghana Police Announces Road Closures For State Funeral of Helicopter Crash Victims

A number of roads in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, will be closed temporarily on Friday, August 15, 2025 as Ghana holds a state funeral for the eight victims of the recent helicopter crash. 

According to the Ghana Police Service which made the announcement in a statement, in addition to the road closures, there will be traffic diversions and parking arrangements ahead of the inter-denominational and inter-faith state funeral for the victims.

The state funeral will take place at the Black Star Square in Accra.

• The police said the roads designated to be closed at the vicinity of the funeral include:

• 28th February Road from CEPS Traffic Light Intersection to Castle Road Junction.

• Osu Cemetery Traffic Light on the Lokko Street.

• Castle Road from AU to Osu Cemetery Traffic Light.

• Starlet 91 Road, closed at the Ministries Traffic Light Intersection.

Traffic Diversions

Motorists are advised to take note of these diversions:

Traffic from La, Labone, and Osu on the 28th February Road towards the Central Business District and Ministries will be diverted onto Salem Avenue Road at the Castle Traffic Light to link with Oxford Street.

Motorists from Lokko Street, Osu, towards Castle Road should use Ajumaku Street and Oxford Street in Osu.

Traffic from John Evans Atta Mills High Street towards Black Star Square will be diverted onto Liberia Road at the CEPS Traffic Intersection towards the National Theatre Traffic Light Intersection.

Traffic from the AU Circle towards Castle Road via Osu Cemetery Traffic Light will be diverted to Abdul Diouf and King Hassan Roads to join Abdul Nasser Road near the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ).

Approved Parking Areas

Only vehicles with approved windscreen entry stickers — specifically RED stickers with VVIP inscription — will be allowed entry into the Black Star Square arena and parking zones. The designated parking areas include:

• VVIP, VIP – Black Star Square

• Forecourt of the State House

• International Conference Centre

• Access Bank Car Park

• Osu Cemetery Car Park

• Accra Sports Stadium Car Park

• Ministries Area

• Ministry of Food and Agriculture Car Park

• Marine Drive Football Park

• Afua Sutherland Car Park

Towing and Recovery Operations

Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has cautioned that no vehicle will be allowed to park at unauthorized locations or drive through restricted zones.

Towing and recovery trucks will be on standby to remove any abandoned, disabled, or wrongly parked vehicles in and around the event grounds, according to the police.

The helicopter crash which happened in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, claimed the lives of Ghana’s Defence and Environment Ministers, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Limuna Muniru Mohammed, former parliamentary candidate Samuel Aboagye, Deputy National Chairman of ruling National Democratic Congress, Samuel Sarpong, and three military personnel.