Ghana President John Atta Mills dead (Lead)

July 25th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS  

Accra, July 24 (IANS) Ghanian President John Evans Atta Mills died at a military hospital Tuesday after falling ill, Xinhua reported.

Chief of Staff of the Presidency Henry Martey Newman said that President Mills died at 37 Millitary Hospital in Accra after being rushed there when his health deteriorated.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the president of the republic of Ghana,” a statement issued by Newman said.

Mills, 68, was inaugurated in January 2009. He returned home June 25 from the US where he had undergone gone a medical check-up.

–Indo-Asian New Service
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