The Assemblyman for Teberebie Electoral Area, Manasseh Addison Sackey, has tragically drowned in the Bonsa River during a campaign tour.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at 1300 hours while Sackey, also NDC Deputy Secretary, was campaigning with four others.
Despite efforts, Sackey and the canoe rider, Abeka, drowned. Sackey, a headteacher of Abomponiso Municipal Assembly School, had filed for the upcoming December 19, 2023, District and Unit Committee election.
Mr Francis Amoah, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Coordinator of Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, confirmed the incident.
Mr Amoah said all attempts to rescue the two proved futile, as residents mobilised to search for the bodies of Sackey and Abeka, but to no avail.
The residents later reported the incident to the NADMO and the Police, he said.
Mr Amoah said after the elders had performed the rituals, the body of Sackey was retrieved around 1700 hours and it had been deposited at the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
The search party would continue their work on Wednesday to retrieve the body of the second person, he said.
Meanwhile, a statement signed by the Constituency Secretary, Mr Stephen Ayombisa, copied to said the NDC had suspended all party activities in the constituency and declared three days to mourn their hardworking departed colleague.