The wife of the late Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Mrs Rita Omane Boamah, shared an emotional recollection of their love story, revealing the romantic nickname she had for him, “Kofi B.”

“Kofi B, as I affectionately called you, we were destined to be together,” she said, her voice heavy with emotion.

She recounted how fate first brought them together, not in a planned meeting, but on an ordinary day when she boarded the medical school bus, despite not being a medical student herself.

"Though I was not a medical student, fate brought us together on that fateful day, when I boarded the medical school bus."

That chance encounter, she noted, was the beginning of a lifelong bond built on love, respect, and shared dreams.

Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Sgt Ernest Addo Mensah – Ghana Armed Force, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed–Minister for Environment, Science and Technology; MP for Tamale Central, Mohammed-Muniru Limuna – Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Mr. Samuel Sarpong – Vice Chairman, National Democratic Congress, Samuel Aboagye – Deputy Director-General, NADMO, Sqn. Ldr. Peter Baafemi Anala – Ghana Armed Forces and F/O Manaen Twum Ampadu – Ghana Armed Forces met their untimely death in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.