The family of the late Michael Ashie, one of the three individuals who tragically lost their lives due to suffocation while carrying out maintenance work on a faulty fuel reservoir at the COCOBOD office in Koforidua, has expressed their full cooperation with the Ghana Police Service, who have initiated an investigation into this unfortunate incident.

The deceased individuals, Michael Ashie, Jonathan Kokroko, and Paul Ocloo, were technical experts contracted by the management of the PBC workshop to perform repairs on the faulty fuel reservoir at the Koforidua COCOBOD Office. Regrettably, they reportedly suffocated while engaged in their tasks on Monday, October 9.

Health professionals at St. Joseph's Hospital in Koforidua Effiduase, who confirmed the deaths of these three individuals after their bodies were retrieved from the underground tank and transported to the hospital, are also collaborating with the police. They intend to provide the police with an autopsy report in due course.

Ishmael Kotey Ashie, the son of the deceased Michael Ashie, described the incident as shocking to the family, which they are gradually recovering from.

“It was shocking news, but all the same, we have to embrace whatever news has come, and we are standing strong. I am trying to keep my mother and my sister together,” he said.

Meanwhile, the management of COCOBOD in the Eastern Region is still waiting for confirmation from the national headquarters before briefing the media on the incident.