News coming in indicates that a student at Takoradi Technical Institute has allegedly committed suicide over broken heart.
According to report, the deceased, who had a girlfriend received the news that the girlfriend’s mother isn’t happy with their relationship. For this reason, the mother made it clear to them that they should break up with immediate effect.
This news broke the heart of the deceased and for this reason, he decided to end his life. This sad and unfortunate incident happened on Wednesday, 2nd August, 2023.
Before this sad incident, another suicide took place in the Ashanti region. Ernest Atta Kyei, a 38-year-old Headteacher at Apaaso Basic School, in a community in the Adwira Sekyeredumase Municipality committed suicide few days before his wedding.
This sad incident happened in the evening of Tuesday, August 1, 2023, around 9pm. According to report, the headteacher hanged himself on a bar in his room with his sponge.
Beside his body was a suicide Note which read; “I can no longer live on this earth any longer. Don’t blame anyone. Take care of my son for me, this is my father’s number”
Aside the suicide note, there were traces of some liquids believed to be poison on the floor. It is believed that he drank the poison and then hanged himself.
It is quite unclear why the headteacher will take his own life just few days to his happy day. However, according to one colleague teacher, who spoke to the media about the incident, said that the Headteacher recently complained of some financial difficulties.
According to the teacher, the headteacher complained that the money for his upcoming wedding, which is ¢7,000 cedis had gone missing.
It is unclear whether the headteacher committed suicide because of the missing money or there are other reasons.
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The police are currently conducting its investigations into this matter.
Until his sad demise, Mr Ernest Atta Kyei was the head teacher of Apaaso Basic School in the Adwira Sekyeredumase Municipality in the Ashanti Region. He was a hardworking teacher and was loved by many.
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Following his demise, many social media users have shed tears as to what could have caused him to end his life. Others believed that it is as a result of family pressure. Some revealed that the man shouldn’t have committed suicide just because of missing money. This is because, no amount of money could buy life.