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The Presidency has announced the burial rites for former Minister for Environment Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala and former Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Muniru Limuna Mohammed, two Muslim victims of the August 6 military helicopter crash.
The burial rites will take place on Sunday, August 10, in accordance with Islamic tradition, custom, and practices.
According to a statement announcing the burial, Muslim 'Jannaza' prayers will be held at 2 p.m. at the Forecourt of the State House, and the burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Military Cemetery in Accra.
The rites will be attended by President John Mahama, Vice President, the Speaker of Parliament, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, traditional leaders, the National Chief Imam, the leader of the Ambariya Sunni Group, and the families of the deceased.
The two were among eight Ghanaians who lost their lives when a Ghana Air Force helicopter crashed in the Adansi-Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region.
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