Ghana: Omane Boamah’s Wife Delivers Touching Tribute At State Funeral For Helicopter Crash Victims

Rita Omane Boamah

Madam Rita Omane Boamah, the wife of the late Ghanaian Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has paid a touching tribute to him at the state funeral for him and the seven other individuals who died in the recent helicopter crash, describing him as a “loving and perfect father.”

In a tribute delivered on her behalf at the Independence Square in Accra on Friday, August 15, 2025, Mrs. Omane Boamah recounted how Dr. Omane Boamah always used to ask her about what she would do one day in his absence.

According to her, he used to ask her: “Abena Rita, what will you do when I am not around?”

She says “I never answered you, and till today I don’t have an answer.”

Describing their journey and marriage as one filled with love, she disclosed how their first meeting was on a medical school bus, even though she was not a medical student.

She Dr. Omane Boamah was always there for his family and children, saying: “Despite your busy schedule, you either bathed the children every morning or dressed them while I bathed them. You were their favourite teacher, knowing their syllabus back to back and making time for both study and play.”

She assured him “I will, with God’s help, take care of mummy and our three kids, knowing you will be looking down on us from the heavens,” affectionately saying “Kofi B, thank you for loving me, thank you for loving the children, thank you for loving my family and all who came to know you. Rest in power, my love.”

Dr Omane Boamah and seven other Ghanaians died in the helicopter crash which happened in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The rest of the victims were Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed; former parliamentary candidate Samuel Aboagye; NDC Vice Chairman Samuel Sarpong; Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator Alhaji Limuna Muniru Mohammed; and crew members Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.