A 16-year-old form two pupil, Afua Kumah of the Nkwadum D/A Junior High School (JHS) in Ankontombra in the Western North Region has been stabbed to death by her senior over ‘boyfriend’.
The victim, Kumah is said to have been stabbed in the chest by a form three pupil, Francisca Hayford, when they were quarreling about a boyfriend, they both claim to be theirs.
According to reports, the lover the two students were fighting over is a popular ‘Pragya’ rider in Ankontombra.
The report said that Afua Kumah initiated the fight after Francisca Hayford cursed her for snatching her ‘Pragya’ rider boyfriend.
Afua Kumah was rushed to the Sewhi Wiawso Government hospital but she was pronounced dead immediately after she got to the hospital.
The report said her remains have been deposited in the hospital’s morgue.
Meanwhile, the police in Sewhiu Akontombra have arrested the suspect and are investigating further the circumstances that led to the death of Afua Kumah.
Afua Kumah’s mother, Akua Sarfoa has said that her daughter’s life could have been saved if she was brought to the hospital early. The physician assistant who attended to the deceased, Charles Kwabena Amoako corroborated the woman’s claim saying she died because she had lost a lot of blood before she was brought to the hospital.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
Aside paying the fines of petty offenders and integrating them into society, Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes CCF cautions the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them in prison and the difficulties they face in custody.
