Search underway for fisherman missing off Western Region coast

A search operation is underway for Kofi C.K. Mann, a 58-year-old fisherman who went missing after falling overboard from the vessel Exodus 14:14. The incident occurred approximately 2 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, off the coast of Ghana's Western Region, as the boat was returning from a fishing trip.

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Bukayo is still getting there, playing through discomfort at the end of the season, but obviously managing it and playing at a high level, but still not at 100%. He is the one we are building and taking care of in training.

According to Mr. Donkris Mevuta, Executive Director of Friends of the Nation (FoN), the seven-member crew from Ngyiresia had departed on May 30. After a successful fishing expedition, they decided to head back on June 3. However, their journey was hampered by heavy rainfall, strong winds, and rough seas encountered around 8 p.m. that evening.

The crew had to suspend their movement and remain at sea until conditions improved, manually scooping water out of the vessel. Mr. Mevuta explained that Mann, an outboard motor operator, was moving to the front of the vessel to assess the conditions when a bamboo pole he was holding broke. This caused him to lose his balance and fall into the sea.

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They brought him back against Fulham when the season and title was on the line, and he was straight away decisive.

Despite the immediate efforts by the other six crew members to turn the vessel around and search for Mann using torchlights, they were unable to rescue him, although they briefly sighted him in the water. The Chief Fisherman of Ngyiresia, Nana Kwasi Ackon, confirmed the incident and stated that all possible efforts were exhausted before the crew returned ashore. The matter has since been reported to the Marine Police for further investigation.

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And then they decided together, Bukayo and Arsenal, to let him play through his pain and discomfort, even if it was not possible to train the whole week in the build-ups.