Two third year students from the Knustford
University College, East Legon, Accra, have
reportedly drowned in the Volta river.
The deceased, Edward Alele 22 and Charles
Honesty 20 all Nigerians, were part of about
200 students from the school who had
travelled to Akosombo as part of activities
marking the school's Students Representative
Council (SRC) Week celebrations.
According to the National Disaster
Management Orgnasition(NADMO) in
Asuogyaman District, the students got
drowned after a local canoe they had hiredd
to cruise on the river capsized Friday,
November 22 at about 2:15 pm.
Lovejoy Dusi, District NADMO Coordinator for
the area told Joy Joy News that a group of
five of the students allegedly offered to
contract a local canoe owner to ferry them at
a fee of GHs2 each, instead of a boat cruise
for which they were being charged GHs10
each.
Mr. Dusi said midway into the journey, the
overloaded boat capsized resulting in the
disaster. He said it took local fishermen
hours to retrieve bodies of the deceased.
The NADMO official said the boat which was
mainly built for fishing was overloaded and
had no live jackets on board.
The deceased bodies have since been
deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for
autopsy.
