A final-year student of Takoradi Technical University (TTU) was reported to have taken his own life at his residence at West Tanokrom, located in the Effia-Kwesiminstim Municipality of the Western Region.
The deceased, Derrick Teiku from Bogoso, was discovered hanging from the ceiling fan in his room with a sponge around his neck, some earlier reports confirmed.
According to co-tenants, Derrick showed no signs of distress prior to his death but he was rather in good spirit as seen in how he related to everyone.
However, they were shocked when they discovered his lifeless body dangling on the ceiling fan in his room.
Now to the shocking revelation. In an interview with a colleague of Derrick, he disclosed that the deceased reported to school around the 6th week which was a surprise to them all. When he came, his demeanour was quite unusual from what friends are used to seeing him like. He was always quiet and hardly contributed in class. “Yeah as we opened school sef he come like week 6 and he has been quiet since.” he said.
The fellow added that it was not until Friday that he had a conversation with the course rep which he has no idea about and on Saturday, the unfortunate happened. Efforts to speak to the course rep have rather proven futile.
Meanwhile, he debunked the different interpretations that have surfaced after the incident happened. Some say it was because of a broken heart others purport that it’s as a result of a bad outcome from a bet. The colleague was certain that those were false information circulating.
By: Kofi Yebbs
