{"id":3802,"date":"2024-03-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2024-03-09T02:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:04:43","slug":"ghana-air-force-confirms-death-of-officer-during-independence-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3802","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Air Force Confirms Death Of Officer During Independence Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Ghana Air Force has confirmed the demise of one of its officers who collapsed during the 67th Independence Day parade at the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sad event happened on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at the Koforidua Government Hospital, where Flight Seagent (F\/Sgt) Armah Nii Okai Mensah Alfred was receiving medical attention after falling during a parade at the Koforidua Youth Resource Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cF\/Sgt. Armah was the Supernumerary for the Air Force Male Contingent on parade during the 67th Independence Day,\u201d the Force stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force, in a statement announcing the passing of the young officer, added that F\/Sgt. Armah was a \u201chardworking, respectful and professional Airman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was diligent and highly proficient in his chosen career and his absence would be sorely missed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-6c94578d0f564bdcd6fdb00a49166c35 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5NkvFTrRAk?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a delegation led by Chief Staff Officer Air Commodore Eric Yirenkyi visited the deceased\u2019s family on Thursday, March 7, 2024, to officially relay the news. F\/Sgt. Armah\u2019s body was later received at the Air Force Base in Accra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Below is the full statement from the Air Force:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIR FORCE MOURNS THE LOSS OF FLIGHT SERGEANT ARMAH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-618x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-618x1024.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-768x1273.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-927x1536.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-1235x2048.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-750x1243.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-1140x1890.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/airforce2-1920x3183-1-scaled.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden death of Flight Sergeant (F\/SGT) Armah Nii Okai Mensah Alfred. He was the Supernumerary for the Air Force Male Contingent on parade during the 67th Independence Day Parade which took place on Wednesday 6 March 2024 at the Koforidua Youth Resource Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sad event occurred at the Koforidua Government Hospital where he was receiving treatment after he collapsed during the 67th Independence Day Anniversary Parade. F\/Sgt Armah was a hardworking, respectful and professional Airman. He was diligent and highly proficient in his chosen career and his absence would be sorely missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a delegation led by the Chief Staff Officer, Air Commodore Eric Yirenkyi, visited the family of the deceased on Thursday 7 March 2024 to officially convey the news. His body was later received at the Air Force Base Accra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We convey our deepest sympathies to all, especially the deceased family and we entreat all to respect the privacy of the family of the late Senior Non-Commissioned Officer during this difficult period. Funeral announcements will be communicated later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Air Force has confirmed the demise of one of its officers who collapsed during the 67th Independence Day parade at the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua. The sad event happened on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at the Koforidua Government Hospital, where Flight Seagent (F\/Sgt) Armah Nii Okai Mensah Alfred was receiving medical attention after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1234],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-67th-independence-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3805,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/3805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}