[ 2017-03-14 ]

Primary five pupil commits suicide
A Primary Five pupil of Aggrey Primary School at
Achimota, a suburb of Accra, has allegedly
committed suicide by hanging.

The deceased, identified as Belinda Gabla, 14,
purportedly committed the act on Saturday, March
11, 2017, at about 7:30 pm. She was found hanging
on a tree close to their residence at Dome Pillar
Two in Accra.

It is however, not clear the reason for the
purported action, but residents suspect that she
might have done it out of broken heart.

This adds to four the number of persons who have
allegedly taken their lives in Accra alone in less
than a week.

It would be recalled that a final-year student of
the University of Ghana, Jennifer Nyarko, on
Wednesday reportedly committed suicide by jumping
from a four-storey building on campus.

That same Wednesday, the body of a taxi driver was
discovered hanging on a tree at Achimota and
Monday morning, another body was discovered by the
Ashaiman police hanging on a tree at Ashaiman
Jericho.

Information as at press time yesterday indicated
that Belinda Gabla lived with her grandfather and
another elder sister identified as Janet Gabla at
their uncompleted self-contained apartment at Dome
Pillar Two.

Their mother is a trader who plies her trade from
Accra to Bator in the Volta Region and often
visits the family at their Dome residence.

On that fateful Saturday morning, a witness said,
Belinda, together with her sister, performed their
household chores without any suspicion that she
had any problem.

At about 7:15 pm, after helping in the preparation
of supper, she joined the grandfather and her
sister to dine after which she collected the
plates to wash.

The grandfather later reportedly went into his
room to sleep and after sometime, he came out for
fresh air only to discover that his granddaughter
was hanging on a tree close to the house.

The Accra Regional Police Public Relations
Officer, ASP Efia Tenge, said police received a
report from Edward Agbemabia, grandfather of the
deceased Saturday night.

She said the police went to the house to pick the
body to the Police Hospital for preservation while
investigations continue.

Source - dailyguideafrica.com

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