The wife of the late Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah, one of the eight victims of the August 6 military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region, delivered a moving tribute during the interdenominational state funeral on Friday, August 15.
Married for only a month, the grieving widow recounted her final conversation with her husband on the morning of the incident.
“Mankyɛ, it has been days, and you have not called at 5 a.m. for us to pray,” she said tearfully. “On that Wednesday morning, I called you and told you I woke up feeling very sad, and I didn’t know why. Immediately, your first solution to everything was what you suggested. We prayed, and you said you had your flight to Obuasi and you would be back. I am still waiting. I don’t know how long I will wait, but I will still wait.”
She expressed her faith and hope, declaring, “Shame on you, death, you have not won. Christ has, because Ernest died knowing Him as his Lord and Saviour. You will forever be my hero, forever in my thoughts, never to die.”
Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah perished alongside Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation; former parliamentary candidate Samuel Aboagye; NDC Vice Chairman Samuel Sarpong; and Alhaji Limuna Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator.
Also on board were crew members Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala and Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, all of whom lost their lives in the tragic crash.
