A leader of a group that allegedly smuggled cocoa from Ghana to Togo feared dead in the Wawa River a boundary between Togo and Ghana in the Kadjebi District of the Volta region on their return.
Emmanuel Yao Kojovi popularly known as Taller;a
Togolese who grew up in Ghana drowned in the Wawa river of Ahamasu in
the Kadjebi District on his return from Togo together with his four surviving
colleagues. The
five men were alleged to have smuggled coca beans from Ghana to Togo
when they
met their fears on the flooded Wawa River on their return. According to
an eye
witness the incident occurred when the wooden boat with the five young
men on
aboard capsized in the process of saving their motorbikes from
submerging. Four of
them swam to safety but Taller who could not and he still being searched by local
divers.
The DCE of the area Hon Jacob Alanbinde who confirmed the incidence said
it occurred on Wednesday at exactly 5:30 pm. The DCE said he could not substantiate
the allegations that they actually smuggled cocoa beans out of the country although
there were pockets of such activities in the area.
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