Two Nigerian students
schooling at Knutsford University College, a private university at East Legon
in Accra, on Friday drowned in the Volta River at Akosombo, a popular tourist
destination in the Eastern Region.
The Nigerians, identified as
Edward Alele, 22, and Charles Honesty, 20, were among 200 third-year students
who had visited Akosombo as part of the school’s SRC Week celebrations.
According to sources, after
their normal tour of some important tourist sites at Akosombo, the students
converged on the Afrikoko Hotel at Akosombo for lunch.
The source explained that
some of the students had wanted to use the hotel’s cruising boats, but after
being told that each passenger was to pay GH¢10 for the cruise across the Volta
River, the students thought it was too expensive and therefore abandoned the
plan.
They therefore found an
ingenious way to satisfy their curiosity by contracting a fisherman operating a
canoe nearby to ferry them across the Volta River.
According to the source,
five students allegedly paid the fisherman GH¢5 for him to ferry them across
the river.
It was not clear whether all
the five students who hired the canoe for the adventure were Nigerians, but the
quintet, including Edward Alele and Charles Honesty, got into the canoe and
midway through their adventure, the canoe capsized due to the weight, and the
lone fisherman tried to save them.
The boat, according to Daily Guide was meant for a single
passenger.
The source explained that
the fisherman managed to call for help from other colleagues who came to help
save three of the students.
According to the report, it
was difficult to trace Alele and Honesty and since it was getting dark at the
time, they had to abandon the rescue mission and continue on Saturday.
According to the reports,
after a long search, the two bodies were retrieved.
The bodies are said to have
been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue in Accra while the Akosombo Police
have launched investigations into the unfortunate incident.
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