A farmer named Baba Takwara from Kpasenkpe working in Yama near Walewale, drowned in the White Volta River on Monday evening, August 25, 2025.
According to local Assembly Member Jacob Nluki, Takwara stayed behind to fetch water and food while his colleagues began harvesting across the river.
He never returned, and his body was later found.
He has since been buried under Islamic rites.
