Hunter Accidentally Shot Dead During Hunting Expedition In Krachi Forest

Kwaku Atimba, a 36 year old man has been mistaken for game and shot dead in a hunting expedition at the Kplesu, near Krachi in the East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased reportedly then went to his usual hunting and was expecting to come home the following day but never appeared. Madam Dora Chake, wife of the

deceased, not hearing from him for about four days, informed traditional leaders of the disappearance. The news went viral and a search party was dispatched to the forest, who also discovered the lifeless body of the deceased with multiple gun-shot wounds in a thicket. Official complaints have been made by the community

to Tokuroano Police Service and the decomposing body taken to WoraWora hospital morgue for preservation, while also waiting for the autopsy to assist the Police investigations. The deceased left behind a four month old pregnant wife and also three children. Mr Nkrumah Kwadjo Nsanyan, the Assemblyman of the Area said the sudden death of the deceased had impoverished the

family and the community. The Assemblyman said four young men were shot dead in similar fashions in the past by unknown gunmen in the same forest. He said the wife who is now unemployed would need support to cater for the children and therefore appealed to the the Department of Social Welfare to extend a humanitarian hand to the family by putting the family on Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LEAP Programme.