President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the President of Ghana, John Mahama over the death of two of the country’s ministers in a helicopter crash on Wednesday.
Tinubu in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, his special adviser on information and strategy extended his deepest condolences to Mahama, the government and the entire people of Ghana.
Politics Nigeria had reported that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and six others were killed in a helicopter crash.
Onanuga said that Tinubu assured Mahama and the people of Ghana that the thoughts and prayers of the government and people of Nigeria are with them during this time of profound national loss.
He said, “The President urges the Ghanaian nation and the bereaved families and friends to find comfort in the knowledge that their loved ones died in the line of patriotic service to the country.
“He prays for the peaceful repose of the souls of the departed and strength for those left behind,” Onanuga stated.