Two fishermen have reportedly drowned in a lagoon at Vui, a suburb of Keta in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region.
The Assembly Member for the area, Klu Wisdom Agbeko, stated that the fishermen, Kodzotsey Korbla Wemegah, 54, and Dzevenu Korshie Galley, 60, went fishing on Friday, May 24, 2024, and were expected to return early the next day.
However, they failed to return as usual, prompting a search for them.
They were subsequently found dead in the lagoon on Saturday, May 25.
Mr Agbeko said that the body of Kodzotsey Wemegah was discovered in the late hours of Saturday while the second body was retrieved the following morning.
Expressing worry over the drowning of the experienced fishermen, the Assembly Member said the incident has put fear in the residents.
“We never experienced such incidents here before. Several residents and other fisherfolks are now afraid to go fishing. We cannot tell what exactly happened to them, their families are now traumatised,” he said.
Mr Agbeko also stated that the incident had since been reported to the Police Command at Keta, who have yet to investigate the matter.
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This comes after an 8-year-old boy, identified as Baba Yakubu, drowned in the river called Adjei at the Nurses’ Quarters near Domeabra in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
According to reports, the boy went to the river with his 12-year-old elder brother and friends on Sunday, May 19, 2024, to swim but did not return home.
However, on Monday, May 20, 2024, a relative by the name of Moses Akpe said they received a distress call about a body floating in the river.
After retrieving the body with the help of some residents, they confirmed that it was the body of Baba Yakubu.