Ghanaian President Narrowly Escaped Death

The Ghanaian president, John Mahama and his wife of many years, Lordina, narrowly missed death on Friday. The Ghanaian's first family were travelling within the country when their helicopter was taken over by a very strong storm. They were on their way back from a funeral function. It took the grace of God and the expertise of the pilot to bring the helicopter to emergency landing.

Initially, people thought it was coup attempt but report from the military quarters shows
otherwise. Confirming the incident to the media, Lt Col Aggrey Quarshie, military spokesman, stated that the pilot’s decision to land the helicopter was because of “bad weather”.

The helicopter was transporting the President and his wife to the Kumasi Airport to enable them pick the Presidential Jet to Accra when the near disaster struck.

“There was a storm approaching so in order to safeguard the First Family, the pilot decided to embark on a precautionary landing,” he explained.

Lt Col Aggrey Quarshie added that “nothing happened to the M17 helicopter and there were no injuries.”

This is the second time the President would encounter flight difficulties in recent times.