A communications officer of the New Patriotic Party, Ellen Ama Daaku, has been captured on video laying the blame of the horrific helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight people at the feet of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Ama Daaku claimed that the ruling NDC is to be blamed for the crash because its actions, when it was in opposition, prevented the nation from retooling the Ghana Armed Forces during the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.

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She took aim particularly at the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who she asserted unjustly attacked the Akufo-Addo government over the issue of the country seeking to purchase new aircraft, as well as on matters regarding the then president’s use of private jets for official duties.

“As for you, your witchcraft has made your people die in a plane crash. We are all quiet, but it was because of their witchcraft. Let me explain to you why I said this happened because of their witchcraft.

“Two years ago, His Excellency Nana Addo, through his defence minister, Dominic Nitiwul, went to Parliament and said that we need to retool our military. What transpired? Okudzeto Ablakwa, with his teeth like a plier used to break glass, descended on Akufo-Addo in this country; a whole president,” she said in the Twi dialect.

She continued her attempt at explaining her reason for the above claims, stating; “Anytime Nana Addo travels, he (Ablakwa) goes to the airlines to ask how much it costs. Were we not in this country? Did they call him to order? During that time, if they had been quiet for us to order the planes and helicopters (sic)… we might not have encountered this tragedy."

On August 6, 2025, a Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 military helicopter crashed into a forested mountainside in the Adansi Akrofuom District, Ashanti Region, killing all eight people on board.

The helicopter was en route from Accra to Obuasi for an event on combating illegal mining.

Among the victims were Ghana's Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah; Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed; Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna; Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Sarpong; former parliamentary candidate, Samuel Aboagye; and three crew members — Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.

The wreckage was found burned, with all victims burnt beyond recognition, necessitating DNA analysis for identification.

While the Ghana Armed Forces has announced an investigation into the crash, the actual cause of the accident has yet to be identified, with speculations very rife among a cross-section of the public.

Watch a video of her remarks below:



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