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-John Mahama donated 10,000 Ghs to bereaved families in fatal drowning at Apam beach
– Twelve teenagers are believed to have died as a result of the tragedy
-They should be buried next week
Former President John Dramani Mahama donated 10,000 Ghs to the families of the teenagers who drowned on a beach in Apam, in the central region.
The tragic incident happened on Sunday March 7, 2021, when the 20-plus-year-old went for a swim at the beach.
They were hit by unsuspecting tidal waves, resulting in the drowning of more than 12 children.
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Donating on behalf of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate in the 2020 general election, vice-candidate Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang said the cash donation was intended to support traditional rituals and teenage funerals.
The former president also donated GHS 3,000 to the Apam Fishermen Council.
According to the West Gomoa Security Council, the funeral of the 12 deceased adolescents will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
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The bodies will be given to individual families for burial instead of having a mass burial.
Meanwhile, one of the boys rescued from the fatal drowning had recounted what had led to their drowning.
The boy said that while he and his friends were swimming, they saw beautiful and attractive women approaching them.
He said they couldn’t tell if they were among the women they went swimming with, so they invited them to join them in swimming.
Just then, violent tidal waves struck, drowning his colleagues.
He said that while the “first group” of the boys were taken away, the others continued to swim until another powerful wave came for them.
In other reports on YEN.com.gh, Philip Caezar Kumah, deputy director of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), allegedly beat his girlfriend to death in Akatsi in the north of the Volta region.
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Confirming the development of Accra-based Starr FM, Volta PRO Regional Police, Sgt. Prince Dogbatse, said the late Elizabeth Yesutor, has informed her friends of Kumah’s abusive nature.
According to PRO police, he personally urged the deceased to report to the police “but that did not happen”.
“The gentleman is now in our custody and I hope we will go to court today, Thursday March 11, 2021, and then we will see what happens,” he said in the interview monitored by YEN.com .gh.
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