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Four fishermen allegedly kill colleague at sea

The deceased, Eric Nyame Kwansa, 27, was said to have been killed and dumped into the sea during a fishing expedition on Thursday, February 2, 2017.

 

Narrating the incident, the Nzema East Municipal Crime Officer, ASP Lawrence Gbele said that “six persons set out for fishing from Axim on Thursday [February 2, 2017]. On Saturday [4th February 2017], the body of Eric Nyame Kwanza washed ashore at Bonyere in the Jomoro district.

"The necessary rights were performed and the body was buried. A report was then made to police in Half Assini.”

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“The police in Axim was also informed and so on Tuesday [February 7, 2017], the other four crew members returned from their expedition and were picked up by the police in Axim. We subsequently handed them over to the police in Half Assini where the case was originally reported,” ASP Gbele told Accra-based Citi FM.

The Half Assini District Crime Officer, ASP Charles Mensah, said the police are interrogating the four to find out what happened at sea.

The deceased, Eric Nyame Kwansa, was allegedly staying with his father at Elmina in the Central Region.

He later joined the fishing crew of one Agya Edu at Axim in November 2016.

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