†August 7, 2025

Ghana has been thrown into a state of mourning after a Z-9 military helicopter crashed in the Ashanti region and killed all eight people on board, among them a Bulsa from Siniensi, young pilot, Squadron Leader Peter Abaafemi Anala. The others included Dr. Edward Omane Boamah (Minister for Defence), Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed (Minister for Environment and Technology), Alhaji Muniru Limuna, a former Northern Regional minister, Dr Samuel Sarpong, Vice-Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Mr Samuel Aboagye, a former member of parliament, and three military personnel, Flying Officer Mane-Twum Ampadu, and Sgt. Ernest Addo Mensah (an engineer of the Ghana Air Force. The team was on its way to the gold-mining town of Obuasi to commission a programme on responsible small-scale mining when the tragic event occurred.
The charred bodies of the eight victims are still to be identified and given to the respective families for burial. Our sympathies go out to the bereaved families, and may the souls of the departed REST IN PEACE.
Born on November 2, 1989 to the late Paul Oscar Anala and Madam Lucy Apung Anala, Squadron Leader Peter Abaafemi Anala attended St. James Seminary Secondary School in Sunyani and proceeded to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he studied computer engineering. In 2013 he was enlisted in the Ghana Military Academy and then commissioned on into the Aircrew Branch of the Ghana Air Force.