A 60-year-old staff member of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) at Mamponteng has allegedly drowned in a river at Abira, a community in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

According to the community members, the lifeless body of Kwame Obeng was found in River Abena Feam on Wednesday morning, with the cause of death yet to be determined.

The Abira Chief Linguist, Nana Adu Adjei, revealed that the deceased was recovering from a stroke until he was found dead in the river.

"A day before this sad news, he was in town and informed his wife of going to the next community, Krobo, but couldn't return home in the evening," the Chief said.

The deceased was married with one daughter and was a former Assembly Member for Abira.

"This incident marks the second time a body has been found in the river," the chief stated.

Nana Adjei has urged the Abira community, especially the youth, to avoid visiting the river on Tuesdays, which is considered a sacred day.

The Antoa police retrieved the body from the river to the mortuary for autopsy.