A 22 year old Fulani herdsman in the West Gonja district of the Savannah Region has died at Sori No1 in one of the completed 1 village 1 dam project in the community.
The young man whose name has been given as Garba Mamadu went to the dam with his cattle alongside his younger brother, Aliu Mamadu.
Late Garba according to his brother Aliu went into the dam to swim and got drowned in the process.
An alarm was raised which saw some of the Fulanis in the community gathering at the dam to retrieve Garba from the dam but unfortunately, he passed on.
The assembly man for the Sori No 1 electoral area,Hon. Seidu A. Fuseini quickly informed the Damongo divisional Police command who went to the scene to ascertain the truth.
The body of the deceased has since been buried in accordance with Islamic traditions.
Source: Zion Abdul-Rauf/Damongo, SR
