{"id":18068,"date":"2026-10-22T12:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=18068"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:51:17","slug":"repatriation-plans-underway-for-7-missing-but-found-sekondi-fishermen-from-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=18068","title":{"rendered":"Repatriation plans underway for 7 \u2018missing but found\u2019 Sekondi fishermen from Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts are underway to repatriate seven fishermen aboard the canoe <em>Second Chance<\/em> who were reported missing at sea but have since been rescued in Benin\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n<p>The crew\u2019s disappearance prompted a multi-agency search after the canoe failed to return from a fishing expedition off Axim in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>The canoe reportedly departed Sekondi Fishing Harbour on October 9 but suffered an engine failure, leaving the fishermen drifting offshore.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Regional Marine Police Command said in a statement dated October 22 that the seven men were rescued by local fishermen in Benin on October 21 at about 10 pm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10033204541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/855886757_2629068300864068_7979705134468861314_n-724x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The rescued fishermen have been identified as Kofi Emmanuel, 32; Uncle Amoah, 45; Kwamena Nkum, 29; Kofi Aboagye, 36; Doboa, 35; Agya Badu, 42; and Kwamena Akyem, 40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coordination is ongoing between the Marine Police Command, Ghana Navy and their counterparts in Benin and Togo to facilitate their safe repatriation to Ghana,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Command added that further updates would be communicated as more information became available. The rescue brings relief to the fishermen\u2019s families as arrangements continue for their safe return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts are underway to repatriate seven fishermen aboard the canoe Second Chance who were reported missing at sea but have since been rescued in Benin\u2019s territorial waters. The crew\u2019s disappearance prompted a multi-agency search after the canoe failed to return from a fishing expedition off Axim in the Western Region. The canoe reportedly departed Sekondi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":18069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18070,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions\/18070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}