What should have been a normal fishing expedition on the Ankobra River in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, turned tragic for a 70-year-old fisherman, who drowned in the river.
The tragedy occurred on Monday when his canoe allegedly capsized. The lifeless body of the fisherman, Nana Eduku Tanoe, was retrieved from the river by a search party three days after the incident and has since been buried.
[contextly_sidebar id=”mS6BUeLDW8v51ly23ih4XIN3NGBqzp5z”]A grandson of the deceased, Patrick Assuah, indicated that his grandfather had been going for fishing all his life until his death.
He noted that last Monday at about 9:00am, the deceased, who was also the head of the Azohile family at Saloma, in the Ellembelle District, went for fishing in a canoe and decided to check a lobster pot he had placed on the Ankobra River to entrap some lobsters.
Patrick Assuah pointed out that in the evening of that day, some farmers who were returning home, saw the deceased’s canoe and a sack full of lobsters as well as the paddle of the canoe floating on the river, but did not see the fisherman.
The farmers then took the sack and went to the deceased’s family to lodge a complainant with the family members.
The search for him commenced on that Monday, but it was on Wednesday that the body was discovered by the search party.
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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana