Emzitianu (W/R), April 5, GNA 97 The body of a man in his
forties has been deposited at the Half Assini Government
Hospital morgue by the police, awaiting identification and
collection. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) John Ferguson
Dzieneku, the Jomoro District police Commander told the Ghana
News Agency at Half Assini on Monday. He said the police received information last Friday that, a
copse had been washed ashore at Emzitianu near, New Town, a
coastal town that shared border with the Ivory Coast in the
Jomoro District. DSP Dzieneku added that his outfit dispatched a police
investigative team to the town, led by Chief Inspector Paul
Anaman and managed to bring the body to the morgue at Half
Assini, for autopsy to ascertain the cause of death. He said the body is about six feet tall with bushy beard and
suspected to be an Ivorian, since no Ghanaian had reported of a
missing relative to the police. DSP Dzieneku had ruled out any suspicion of foul play for
now, since the body bears no marks, The victim is believed to
have drowned in the Ivorian Coast and had been washed ashore
in the town by the current of the sea.
