President Mahama has sought God’s protection and countenance into Paradise for the souls of the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Muniru Lumina who were buried on Sunday, August 10 at the military cemetery, Burma camp.
The duo was amongst victims of the deadly helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 which claimed the lives of six others.
On Sunday, August 10, 2025, bodies of the late Dr. Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Muniru were brought to the forecourt of the State House where the Islamic Janazah prayers was offered and their souls committed into the hands of Allah according to Islamic tradition.
Giving his remarks at the burial ceremony, President Mahama thanked the families of the deceased for their patience in burying the victims.
“Today is not a day for talking. I just want to say thank you for your sympathy. Indeed, the Quran tells us that whoever attends the funeral of a fellow and then stays to the last end of a funeral receives blessing.
“I want to thank the two families for their patience. We recognise that in Islam when a person has died, they are supposed to be interned as quickly as possible,” he stated.
The President also noted that it is important for government to continue working hard to ensure it achieves its reset agenda in honour of the late Murtala Mohammed and Alhaji Muniru.
He noted that may God grant the departed souls Paradise.
“Today is not a day for talking and I find it very difficult to find words to speak and so I just say thank you and may God grant them Paradise and may the memory of them guide us too.
“I believe that they would have wanted us to continue with the hard work that we were doing with them and so in memory of them we shall continue to work very hard, to serve the people of Ghana and to ensure the success of our reset agenda so that their names will be written in gold in Paradise,” he added.
President Mahama further recounted memories shared with the two senior government officials who he sid he worked with closely, describing Alhaji Muniru as a younger brother and the late Murtala Mohammed as one he mentored and trained.
Credit: 3NEWS