Airforce helicopter crash: Rev Wengam recounts events that led to change in president’s travel plans

The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Dr. Stephen Yenusom Wengam, has narrated how prayers and intervention altered President John Dramani Mahama’s travel schedule days before the Ghana Air Force helicopter crash that killed eight people, including two cabinet ministers.

Speaking during a church service, Rev. Wengam said the president’s secretary had informed him last week that the president would not be able to attend a planned programme because he had been invited to Côte d’Ivoire as a special guest of honour for the country’s independence celebration.

According to him, the vice-president and his wife had been asked to represent him instead.

Rev. Wengam said he a colleague Rev. minister refused to accept the change and asked him to mobilise the church’s prayer team to “reverse” the decision.

He added that the First Lady later called him, expressed displeasure at the president’s plan and urged him not to agree to it.

He explained that after further discussions, the First Lady later informed him that the president would attend the programme on Wednesday and travel to Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday.

This change, he noted, meant the president avoided travelling on the day before the fatal crash.

The Assemblies of God leader used the incident to urge pastors to remain prayerful and prophetic, warning that inconsistent prayer could cause them to miss signs of critical events

He said it was ultimately God who worked through people to will and act according to His purpose.

By: Jacob Aggrey