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My son planned to continue his studies in Canada after his exams. – Enoch Sackey (Father of Edward Sackey, deceased final year student of O’Reilly SHS)

Enoch Sackey, the father of Edward Sackey, a final-year student at O’Reilly Senior High School (SHS) said that his late son has plans to further his education in Canada after writing his WASSCE.

The father, who happens to be sad and mad has vowed to sue O’Reilly SHS.

On Monday, 2nd September, 2024, Enoch Sackey’s son was stabbed three times in the chest during a fight with another student on campus. It all started when the deceased and one the student in the school started arguing on the “Whose father is richer”. This conversation ended in a heated argument and resulted in a fight that which resulted in the death of the student.

Enoch Sackey says he has been speaking to lawyers as they prepare to sue the school.

“We have to sue the school, we have to hold the school responsible. We want the school authorities to come out to explain and tell us, why such a thing would happen in a school premises that the teachers, nobody tried to interfere… they were all unconcerned until my son passed away, so we have to sue them that is the intention of the family,” he said

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Enoch Sackey, the child’s father said that it is particularly disturbing that the school did not appear to care or take any action after the incident occurred.

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“We have to sue the school; we have to hold the school accountable” he said.

On Tuesday, the Sackey family, wearing red and black mourning clothes, converged on the school to push for answers about Edward’s death from the school and parents of student who police say stabbed him to death. The father said that the fact that the school had not reached out to his family since Edward was killed compounded their frustration.

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“The school authorities have not said anything from yesterday, the police have not called and even the family of the boy who killed my son has not reached out. We want answers from the school authorities and the parents of the boy. We want justice and want to know what happened,” he said.

 

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