Accra, 08 August, 2025 / 11:10 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic Bishops in Ghana have expressed their spiritual closeness with families of eight senior government and military officials who died in a tragic helicopter crash on August 6 in the West African nation.
In a statement following the incident, the members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) described the deaths of the Defense and Environment Ministers, along with the six others, in the helicopter crash at Adansi Sikaman in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region, as both “a blow to their families, loved ones” and “a grave loss to the nation.”
“It is with deep sorrow and profound Christian solidarity that we, the members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, received the tragic news of the military helicopter crash,” they said in a statement on Wednesday, August 6, regarding the incident, which occurred while they were continuing with their August Plenary Assembly at the National Catholic Secretariat in Accra.
The Bishops extended their “heartfelt condolences” to the grieving families, the various institutions and communities where the eight “so faithfully served” and to all citizens of Ghana.
“We commend the departed souls to the mercy of the Eternal Father, praying that He who is the Resurrection and the Life may grant them peace, and console all who bear the weight of their absence,” they prayed, urging the country to remain united, strong, and hopeful “in this hour of collective grief.”
