Leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ato Ahwoi, has disclosed that he was the person who convinced the late Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, to join the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to him, he got the late Omane Boamah to join the NDC when the late former President, Prof John Evans Atta Mills, asked him to recruit all former presidents of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) for the party.
He said the late Defence Minister, whom he described as one of the most important persons he had ever met, was at that time a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
"I managed to convince Omane to join the NDC after I had been instructed by Professor Mills to recruit all past NUGS presidents.
“He was then with the NPP and did not like the NDC, but he became very close to me, like a son," he said in an interview on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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About the crash
Dr. Omane Boamah was one of the eight victims who lost their lives in the tragic crash of a helicopter, which belonged to the Ghana Armed Forces, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
The crash also claimed the lives of the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed; Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna; former Central Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong; and Samuel Aboagye, a former parliamentary candidate.
The remaining victims were members of the helicopter’s crew: Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Malin Twum-Ampadu, and Sgt. Ernest Addo Mensah.
The officials were en route to Obuasi to attend a programme related to illegal mining activities as part of government efforts to end galamsey.
Founding NDC member, Ato Ahwoi recounts how he convinced a young Omane Boamah, who was then a member of the NPP to join the NDC.#ChannelOneNews#GhanaMourns pic.twitter.com/50PqzjgwHd
— ChannelOne TV (@Channel1TVGHA) August 8, 2025
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