By Iddi Yire

Accra, May 19, GNA – Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Minister of Defence on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama witnessed the unveiling of the statue of the late Burkinabe Leader, Captain Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou.

Other Members of the delegation included Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Minister for the Interior/National Security, and Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government Communications.

The rest are Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey (rtd), Ghana’s Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Chairperson of Parliament’s Security and Intelligence Committee, Naval Captain Baffour Assasie-Gyimah (rtd), former National Security Coordinator and Mr Kofi Totobi Quakyi, former Minister for National Security.

The ceremony, which was performed by Burkina Faso’s current leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, stands as a tribute to the revolutionary leader, who was assassinated in 1987, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Western powers due to his uncompromising Pan-Africanist ideals.

The event drew dignitaries and Pan-African enthusiasts from across Africa, highlighting the late Sankara’s enduring legacy as a beacon of revolutionary leadership and selfless public service.

The late Sankara led Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, renaming the country from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning “Land of Upright People.”

The statue is in the newly opened Thomas Sankara Memorial and Museum, designed by renowned Burkinabe architect Francis Kéré, which symbolizes a resurgence of Sankarist ideals.

GNA

Edited by George-Ramsey Benamba