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Two school children and a house help last Sunday drowned in separate incidents at a beach in Glefe, a suburb of Accra.<\/p>\n
They include a 17-year old-girl whose name was given only as Abiba, Edem Tuglo, 15, a form two student of the Dansoman No.2 Basic Schools, and a 13-year-old boy also named only as Kobi.<\/p>\n
A fourth person, Meriama Faisail, a mother of two, was rescued by a passerby who saw her struggling in the sea waves.<\/p>\n
She was rushed to the hospital after her rescue where she was treated and discharged.<\/p>\n
The late Abiba’s last pose at Glefe beach.
In an interview with Edem’s mother, Patience Agboli, she said her son sought permission that fateful day to\u00a0play football at the beach .<\/p>\n
She said a few hours later she rushed to the beach after she was informed that two boys playing at the beach had drowned.<\/p>\n
However, on reaching there she only saw Edem’s shirt on the beach — nursing the hope that her son was not among the two boys said to have drowned.<\/p>\n
But her hope was short lived as Edem did not return after 6:00pm, the time he usually comes home.<\/p>\n
Edem’s body washed ashore on Monday, along with Kobi’s.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness account indicated that the two boys rushed into the sea after the ball they were playing was kicked into the sea.<\/p>\n
The eyewitness said \u00a0boys rushed to pick the ball and in the proccess got drowned.<\/p>\n
Mr. Charles Tuglo,(right) and his wife patience(left)<\/p>\n
Traumatized Meriama Faisail, who also almost drowned at a different location at the beach\u00a0told Myjoyonline.com Abiba persistently demanded that they go to to the beach together to the point where she had no option but to give in.<\/p>\n
\u00a0According to her, when they got to the beach, Abiba decided to take a swim while she lay on a mat, but suddenly she had a strong urge to dip her feet in the water.<\/p>\n
She said after a few minutes in the sea, she had a blackout until she regained consciousness at the hospital. She is certain she was saved by Divine intervention.<\/p>\n
The bodies of all three teenagers have since been deposited at the Korle Bu mortuary for autopsy.<\/p>\n
Glefe was recently hit by a devastating floods as result of a spillage by the Weija dam which made residents living along the banks of river Densu homeless.<\/p>\n
The Assembly man for the area Emmanuel B.B. Gboyor has expressed his condolence to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n
He \u00a0advised parents to take proper care of their children in order to prevent them from going to the beach.<\/p>\n
He said he was shocked by the news since its has not occurred before. He said he will see to the setting up of a taskforce to patrol the beaches.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Story by David Andoh | Ghana | myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n
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