For failing to obtain the required grades to enrol into a medical school, a 19-year-old student of Saint Thomas Aquinas Senior High School has ended his life by hanging himself. The incident occurred in his room at Odorkor Official Town in Accra last Saturday morning.
The deceased, Samuel Kwame Kissi, obtained grades in the just ended West Africa Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) which fell short of his expectation.
According to the police, he took the action because his friends had 8 “A”s which qualified them for admission to the medical school. His death sent shock waves through the family and attracted residents of the area to the scene.
Family members and residents wailed while others came around to catch a glimpse of the deceased.
The Odorkor District Crime Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Emmanuel Osei Agbogah told The Ghanaian Times in Accra that his outfit received a report from the deceased mother, Mary Adu Kissi, that her son had committed suicide. A team was dispatched to the area to convey the body of Kissi to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for autopsy.
DSP Agbogah said the police did not suspect foul play since there were no marks of assault on the body during inspection. Kissi’s mother told the police that on the fateful day, she returned from the market at about 7:30 pm and met his son moody. She question Kissi but he remained dumfounded only to wake up the following morning to see the lifeless body of her son.
