Shama: Class 5 pupil allegedly commits suicide over mum’s refusal to give him food as punishment

Shama: Class 5 pupil allegedly commits suicide over mum’s refusal to give him food as punishment

Residents of Abuesi, a community in the Shama District of the Western Region have been thrown into a state of shock after news of a 14-year-old year old boy who is alleged to have committed suicide reached them.

The victim, John Yawson, a Class 5 pupil of the Alliance International School in Shama was said to have hanged himself in an uncompleted building in the neighbourhood which belongs to his father.

The lifeless body of the deceased, popularly known as Egya Koyo, is reported to have been found hanging aided by a rope in the uncompleted building.

Some residents in the community alleged that the deceased had offended his mother and had been denied food the previous day, a decision that forced him to commit the act.

Assembly Member of the area, Enoch Arthur confirmed to Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show on February 3, that the incident happened on Sunday, February 2, 2027.

“I was informed of the incident so, I quickly organized my unit committee members, and we visited the scene. They had already taken him off the rope to the VRA Hospital because they thought he was still breathing. I was told, however, that he was confirmed dead upon arrival. His father has an uncompleted building, and that is where he went to commit suicide. He climbed up the building and tied the rope on the trusses of the roof”, he added.

Further information indicates the father of the deceased who had travelled when the incident happened collapsed after hearing the unfortunate passing away of his child.

He adds that the Shama District Police Command has initiated investigations into the incident while the body has since been deposited at the St Edwards morgue in the district.