The Jubilee House has announced the scheduled burial rites for two Muslim victims Dr. Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Limuna Munir who were part of the GAF helicopter crash that killed eight Ghanaians for Sunday, August 10, 2025.
The announcement was contained in a statement from the Presidency, which indicated that the rites will be held in accordance with Islamic tradition, custom, and practices.
Muslim Jannaza Prayers will be held on Sunday, August 10, at 2:00 p.m. at the Forecourt of the State House.
This will be followed immediately by the burial at 2:30 p.m. at the Military Cemetery in Accra.
Dr. Murtala, the late Minister for Environment, Technology and Innovation, and Alhaji Limuna; Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, were part of the eight people who were killed in a helicopter crash at Adansi-Brofoyedu in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday.
The group was on a national assignment to Obuasi when the disaster occurred.
Also aboard was the Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah.
The rest are National Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Sarpong; Deputy NADMO Director-General, Samuel Aboagye; Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, the pilot; Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu, the co-pilot; and Sergeant Ernest Addo-Mensah, a crew member.
