Omane Boamah shared Akwatia by-election strategy hours before his death – Computer

• Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko-Computer, has revealed that the late Defence Minister, Dr. Omane Boamah, spent the morning of the fatal helicopter crash discussing election strategies with party officials.

“In fact, in the morning, we had a close discussion with Dr Omane Boamah around 7 am. It was virtual. Because he mostly does meetings virtually.

“He was a type who wants to maximise time. Instead of people coming together and sitting around, he would say, ‘Let’s use the social media platforms to do our discussions.’ So most of our meetings were held virtually in the run-up to the election,” Rashid Tanko-Computer recounted on JoyNews’ PM Express.

The Acting CEO of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) said this was typical of Dr. Boamah, whose meticulous planning shaped the NDC’s electoral operations.

“He started the day we were appointed, and we had our first meeting in then candidate John Mahama’s office in 2023. That was the day I got to know that NPP were out for trouble in the 2024 election.”

Recalling the final meeting, he said, “Around 7:45 am, Dr Omane was giving us strategies on how to go about the Akwatia by-election. He gave us all this strategy because Dr Omane was a master planner.

“He was behind all these things that we’re doing [in winning elections]. He will sit down, put pen and paper together, map up the strategy and say, ‘You go and handle this and that’ and sit back. And we’ll go and bring him an A+. That is how he was.”

Tanko-Computer revealed that the team was expected to report back to the late minister by evening.

“So that morning, we had finished all this thing, and were to report back to him by evening, but he didn’t tell us that he was travelling. None of us knew he was going to travel.”

Dr. Omane Boamah was among eight people who died in Wednesday’s military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region.

President John Mahama has announced a high-level Investigative Board of Inquiry to determine the cause of the tragedy.