Labourer commits suicide over GHC 20 debt

Suhum (E/R), June 30, GNA - Noah Offei, a 28-year-old labourer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, could not pay GHC 20 he owed his former girlfriend, hanged himself at Anum-Apapam near Suhum at the weekend. Godwin Asiedu, the deceased's brother, told GNA that Offei and the former girlfriend, Mary Adjobe, lived at Anum-Apapam but separated last year.

Asiedu said his brother took another girlfriend and Adjobe became offended and quarrel with the deceased, which resulted in a fight. Aseidu said Offei was rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital but he was discharged after two months, when the girlfriend hit him on the stomach with a stick and he collapsed.

Asiedu said Adjobe summoned Offei before a chief and his elders at Anum-Apapam, demanding the amount Offei owned her. Offei asked his father, Opanin Asiedu Boakye to assist him pay the debt but he was turned down.

Asiedu said Offei hanged himself in his room to avoid disgraced. The Police at Suhum confirmed the story and said the body of the deceased had been buried after autopsy at the hospital. 30 June 09