Man killed in the Accra rains

31/03/08

Story: Musah Yahaya Jafaru
A 32-YEAR-OLD fisherman was electrocuted at the Osu Castle Junction in Accra during the rainstorm that hit parts of Accra yesterday.
According to eyewitnesses, Emmanuel Adjetey Sowah, the fisherman, unknowingly held a signpost in an attempt to cross a flooded drain but got stuck to the post about 11.00 a.m.
Residents who rushed to the scene could not rescue him for fear of their also getting electrocuted.
The eyewitnesses told the Daily Graphic that an auto electrician, Ferdinand Amartey, switched off the main electric switch but that effort was too late to save Sowah.
Stunned residents of the area rushed Sowah to the La General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Osu District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ameyaw Afriyie, confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic and said the La Hospital authorities confirmed that Emmanuel had died as a result of electrocution.
He said the body would be conveyed to the Police Hospital mortuary and indicated that investigations were still ongoing.
When the Daily Graphic visited the deceased’s residence about 1:30 p.m., family members were seen wailing and mentioning Sowah’s name in awe. His two grandmothers, Esther and Florence Kudjo, could not stop crying, wondering why the young man should go instead of them.
Sowah’s sister, Lizzy Adjetey, said she was shocked at the news of her brother’s death because she had just given him GH¢5 upon his request that he had run short of money.
According to her, Sowah was returning home after he had accompanied his father on a family mission when he met his fate.
Sowah, the eldest of four siblings, left behind a wife, Lamiley, and two daughters, Ruth, nine, and three-month-old Caizer.