An abandoned galamsey pit at Amaadaa near Nkrumah Nkwanta in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region has claimed the life of a 23-year-old man, Abu Ibrahim.
The assembly man for Nkrumah Nkwanta electoral area, Martin Prempeh narrating the unfortunate incident to Abusua Fm’s Osei Kwadwo said the deceased with one other friend went to site to work when his barrel fell in the pit and in attempt of getting it back, unfortunately slipped off into the pit and got drowned.
According to him, the body has not yet been retrieved since the incident happened late Monday April 23, 2018 evening and that they consider Tuesdays as a sacred day for the gods in the community.
“We have informed the Police and Traditional Authorities but because we consider today[Tuesday] as a bad day, we have to wait for the traditional leaders to finish performing some rituals to pave way for us to go there to retrieve the body” he said.
