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Fobih loses daughter in Okponglo accident

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  • Woman's wisdom. 11 years ago

    very sad in deed. May their souls rest in perfect peace. God be with them and keep them till the new system of things is here.

  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    Very unfortunate incident. Such youthful people all gone forever. RIP.

  • SAARA-MENSAH 11 years ago

    HOW LONG SHOULD I CONTINUE TO TEACH PEOPLE THAT AMBER MEANS BE CAREFUL. I LOVE THAT LADY TEACHER CALLED AMBER.

  • Apraku 11 years ago

    Very sad but this is no news. How many parents loose their children on our roads dialy which we do no hear? Is he better than those parents? Nooo!!

  • KOLA, LONDON PROPER 11 years ago

    May the departed rest in peace.

  • Adoma Kenyah 11 years ago

    @ Apraku, as human as we are we should have each other @ heart, not necessarily the position that the person has. Pls just console him n send your sympathy. May their soul rest in perfect peace my dear Hopsans. This is a b ...
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  • Ghana and the buckets 11 years ago

    READ THIS FROM CP-I
    good analyses
    `"ook this man was a minister of the republic of Gh FOR YEARS. He was having much to say and never contributed to the development of Gh´s problem number one(Road safety and corruption!!!.
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  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    people in big positions make news anyhow

  • The African Patriot 11 years ago

    Miss Kenyah, under other circumstances you are right. But we do not have to close our eyes for the truth. It is indeed painful to loose your daughter or family member nevertheless this elite man served as a leader and he refu ...
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  • RAX DOE,Amsterdam.Holland 11 years ago

    u are dammed stupid fool,why dont u have sympathy for this man being lost a daughter?Okwasia it can happen to u

  • Jonathan 11 years ago

    This is cold and heartless of you. You must be ashamed of yourself. May their souls rest in peace.

  • apotro 11 years ago

    how can u be so inhuman

  • Oba Nyansa ni baako Pe in Ghana 11 years ago

    May their soul rest in a perfect peace but it hurts too much. Oh! Ghana my people.

    Take things easy, no rushing at any time. God have mercy on us. AMEN!!

  • WASHINTON 11 years ago

    VERY SAD NEWS INDEED. MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE.

  • Ewurama 11 years ago

    Prof my heart goes out to you and your family.I want you to know that this doesn't mean God has stopped loving you or your family.......Be strong in the Lord!!!!We feel your pain.

  • grace 11 years ago

    This is so sad. may their souls rest in perfect peace! and for the taxi driver the law has to deal seriously with him for that reckless driving. he just wasted the future of those two lovely girls. my heart goes out for prf. ...
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  • Alugu 11 years ago

    The fact is no one enforces the laws when stop signs are not obeyed or red lights are violated. Drivers just do their own thing particularly when the see that there is less traffic. Motor vehicle department is weak! They can ...
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  • mr large 11 years ago

    if we stop corruption and waste in the system then we can implement what we see in other countries.we can create jobs and pay workers if one person did not take 51million or 2persons did not take 3%of oil money.

  • BABA 11 years ago

    I bet more than 80 percent. Abt 95 percent

  • John Kpeglo 11 years ago

    Those guys have lost some of the best! They look sweet! My heart goes to them! May their souls R.I.P!

  • Pipilipi 11 years ago

    How can both drivers be this reckless? The cab driver especially is very wicked for ending the lives of these innocent students. May their souls rest in perfect peace.

  • Adotey.barcelona 11 years ago

    May their soul rest in peace

  • ABEEKU, PORT ELIZABETH,SOUTH AFRICA. 11 years ago

    PROF DUE.

  • Jato Rawlings 11 years ago

    NDC conspiracy.

  • DKB 11 years ago

    Idiot!is this your contribution?

  • John Agyekum Diawuo KUFFUOR 11 years ago

    He is an animal, not an idiot. Idiots are human beings and have rights. He is a dangerous animal that must be hunted and eliminated from the system

  • Julor Ku4 11 years ago

    RIP, NPP always in pathetic pettiness

  • AMARIYA 11 years ago

    You are an idiot. Period.

  • Yaa Baby 11 years ago

    Fool. Think straight

  • apotro 11 years ago

    stupid

  • KK 11 years ago

    Stay strong Prof

  • SLY 11 years ago

    When was this accident?

  • lady gaga 11 years ago

    go back and read the story. may their soul rip.

  • Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

    RIP! But what did your father write to be called a Professor!

  • princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

    This is the time for mourning.Its not the time to question for his credentials.Use common sense here.

  • Nyorkopio 11 years ago

    Princewilly, you need to charge a fee for the advice you just gave Akadu Mensemah. I doubt this man listened to much of the free sage talk from his elders. What a shame to the good name of his forebears!

  • princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

    Akadu Mensama alias Parry who tried to pose as a bitch from Shippensburgh University is confused.

  • KATH 11 years ago

    Why are you so cold this molato obese idiot? Do you have feelings at all?

  • Ding 11 years ago

    I dont believe this guy has a head on his neck. Stone heart!

  • Ding 11 years ago

    Were you conceived like every normal human being or you were hatched from an incubator? Even a hen could have thought its chick to be a little bit sensible and sensitive. Nice day although.

  • Noel Y 11 years ago

    You have further stood low? Asking a dead person a question about the father's professorial rank?Surely there is a great deal of difference between literacy and education. Years of allegedly reading Philsophy and History and ...
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  • Nyorkopio 11 years ago

    All through this article, Prof Fobih is referred to as "her". Please do some editing! What a sad way to lose two bright gems of the future! Think about the strength of families who would have been graced with these educated d ...
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  • no name 11 years ago

    her daughter,which school did u graduate from?

  • no name 11 years ago

    her daughter,editor which school did u graduate from?

  • Nii Teiko Aduemi 11 years ago

    MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO THE HON. PROFESSOR FOBIH AND FAMILY, FRIENDS,COLLEAGUES AND MATES OF THE DECEASED. THE GOOD LORD GRANT THEM PEACEFUL REST IN HIS BOSOM.KPOO!!!

  • DAVE DEAL 11 years ago

    im just imagining what both parents are going through at the moment.im sure the parents would be asleep when the news hit them since it happened at dawn 2am.these would possibly be a nightmare.REST IN PEACE YOUNG ONES.WE NEED ...
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  • Sister Hannah 11 years ago

    My heart goes to to both families. I pray that God gives you both families in this sad moment.

  • GHANAIAN WOMAN 11 years ago

    This may not be important, but the author of this article and the editor (if there was an editor), need to really check before posting. "Her daughter, her daughter, come ooonnn. On another note, my sincere condolences to the ...
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  • Kokonte 11 years ago

    Yes, the guy is a "She", because he is the female in a gay relationship.

  • Big Alhaji 11 years ago

    Prof. may Allah give you the strength to stand this tragedy.

  • Kokonte 11 years ago

    I can imagine the daughter to be very beautiful, considering the fact that the father is very handsome.

  • AMEN 11 years ago

    A TYPICAL ASHANTI LOOK RED EYES,BLACK FACE ,WIDE NOSE,BIG MOUTH ETC

  • emmanuel 11 years ago

    Just two days ago the accra mayor was on metro television boasting that they have provided a number of street lights therefore street lights related problems are thing of the past.
    It pay to wait and because these two driver ...
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  • Rev.Emmanuel Parkar Agyemang 11 years ago

    Prof.my condolence.May their souls rest in the Bosm of the Lord.Demrefa due!

  • Kwaku 11 years ago

    Sad indeed and may their souls rest in perfect peace

  • Kwaku Manu 11 years ago

    This is very painful to say the least. Loosing such young people with promising future is very sad and a huge loss not only to the families but to the nation as a whole. May God grant Prof and the families emotional stability ...
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  • Kwesi 11 years ago

    Senseless death!!! Sympathy to the bereaved family

  • Dadi 11 years ago

    my deepest condolence to you and your family. may her soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Bishop Dr.Michael Tagoe 11 years ago

    Job42:10-"And the Lord turned the captivity of Job...also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before". May God restore back your joy and may you stand strong.

  • Kwesi 11 years ago

    Senseless death!!! Sympathy to the bereaved families

  • mr large 11 years ago

    May their souls r.i.p this was avoidable but ignorance couple with our inability to enforce any law in Ghana,very pathetic indeed.

  • lawrence Abiwu 11 years ago

    God knows best what we don't know. i pray to God so that he can receive your souls. rest in peace

  • Kweku Boateng Jnr 11 years ago

    May, their souls rest in perfect peace!
    We as a people must stand up and stop deaths on our roads. IGP, wake up and ACT NOW!
    Prof, my condolence.

  • Nana Butubutu Kantanka 11 years ago

    May The Souls Of Such Little Engels Rest In The Perfect Peaceful Arms Of Of Our Lord Jehovah God. And The Lord Comfort The Family And Friends.

    But Why Is The Wounded Taxi Driver In The Police Custody?

    This Story Should ...
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  • Kwame 11 years ago

    Ghana is near to the description of a failed state. I want someone to mark the country Ghana on transport, sanitation, environment, health, electricity, water, agric. Also discipline, morality, responsibility, love. Don't we ...
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  • Odehyeeba Kwame Kwarko 11 years ago

    Prof. accept my condolence. It is very painful situation but take courage, the gives and the Lord takes away.

  • Ishmoto 11 years ago

    Loosing a child is one of the painful experience one could have. My sympathy to prof. and sundry. May they rest in peace.

  • SHAKAMORA 11 years ago

    hy3den prof may their soul rest in perfect peace

  • desmond 11 years ago

    why wont the police assign police men at traffic light everyday just as it is being done abroad

  • AWUKU,ACCRA 11 years ago

    Too sad,my heart goes to the bereaved family.
    This is needless death.There is too much recklessness on our roads.I hope the police will take a cue from this.By the way whose duty is it to regulate the traffic lights.The prof ...
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  • Yaa Baby 11 years ago

    Where were the young ladies going at that time. Too bad. Young ladies take your time in life and don't die unnecessarily. May their souls rest in peace.

  • Peace 11 years ago

    Yaa Baby, please do not comment unnecessarily. You remarks were partly insensitive - no time or reason for their travel was indicated in the article to elicit your cynical views.

    May their souls find rest in the Lord and ...
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  • CP-I 11 years ago

    look this man was a minister of the republic of Gh FOR YEARS. He was having much to say and never contributed to the development of Gh´s problem number one(Road safety and corruption!!!.
    Should we sympathize with him yes, b ...
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  • blow 11 years ago

    so when will this madness be stopped on our roads?REST IN PEACE

  • Akosua 11 years ago

    DEATH VISITS EVERY HOME. THANKS BE TO GOD IS NOT YOU WILL BE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT DAY WILL COME SICK MINDS.

  • FREEMAN 11 years ago

    May they rest in peace. The garbage driver ought to be more careful with the big truck. Sad indeed.

  • Kwame..Ukraine. 11 years ago

    May their souls rest in peace.

  • asare 11 years ago

    what a sad news this incedent is unfortunate

  • kwaku yeboah 11 years ago

    may they rest peace

  • K Philly 11 years ago

    Prof. Fobih, my family and I are praying for your entire family. It is a devastating accident. However, God will bring comfort to you and the rest of the family.

  • K Philly 11 years ago

    I pray for Ms. Debbie Akosua Benaya's soul. I pray for her entire family. It's a difficult time. However, God has the answer.

  • Accra-ba 11 years ago

    My sympathy goes to the deceased families. May their souls rest in peace.

  • MANKENZY 11 years ago

    When i hear story like this, it make me very sad because life is not easy to live. May their soul rest in peace.

  • shanice 11 years ago

    why are ghanaian men so ugly and have little dicks i am west indian lady and i find african men very ugly thats why i stick to my own jamaican men i only come on this site to read about bussiness but nah african men definatel ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Sorry Shanice, the story is about avoidable deaths of two young girls NOT prostitution.

  • ATTA MILLS 11 years ago

    MAY THE SOUL OF OUR DEPARTED SISTERS REST IN PEACE.

  • BOMBOKLAT 11 years ago

    You are such a foolish girl that Africa does not need and that is simply the reason why we sold you to the whites.

  • me 11 years ago

    foolish girl. idiot

  • apotro 11 years ago

    your head don kolo or u take knock tree before writting this.

  • Afi 11 years ago

    My condolence to your sir and may their souls rest in peace.

  • Proud Pepeman. 11 years ago

    May their souls rest in peace. Taxi drivers, tro tro and big truck drivers unfortunately drive very badly. If only we will exercise more discipline on our roads, we will save such young lives.

  • Akuffo Addo 11 years ago

    Due, Prof. May the Almight God take you through this hard times.

  • truth 11 years ago

    my condolences to the family, I saw the badly damaged taxi and my advice to the mttu to retrain all drivers and be very strict about the careless driving in the country

  • kd 11 years ago

    our condolence to their families

  • JOSEPH BOADI BOATENG 11 years ago

    This is very sad indeed. But what makes it even sadder is that this is not the first of its kind and the fact taht something similar could happen elsewhere in future.This is simply traced to the fact that we fail to reflect o ...
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  • JOSEPH BOADI BOATENG 11 years ago

    Well, fair enough, you are free to keep enjoying your Jamaican men who has big ones. But for now we are mourning the death of two young would-be academics and how to avoid occurrences like that in future and not about sex.
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  • shakespeare 11 years ago

    It so pity in the city,damirifa duei due due!Profs more grease to you elbow

  • Obiri Yeboah London. 11 years ago

    My heartfelt sympathy to all the Fobih family. May her soul rest in peace.IT IS A SAD NEWS.

  • LOUIS 11 years ago

    THE FAULTY TRAFFIC LIGHT CAUSED THE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AND SO GOVERNMENT SHOULD COMPENSATE BEREAVED FAMILIES.

  • lydia usa 11 years ago

    my condolens to the family may their
    soul rip

  • Gina 11 years ago

    We Ghanaians are our own devil. If you chrish the life God gave you, you think about others safety, too. Chrish your life cos life is too short to lose. May their souls rest in peace!!

  • Nana Efowah,Accra 11 years ago

    Even in death, you talk silly. grow up.
    Shame on you. GOD FORGIVE your dirty souls.

  • James A Kwanteng 11 years ago

    Look at the face of the Ashanti professor.

  • Nana Efowah,Accra 11 years ago

    SHAME ON YOUR DIRTY SOULS. EVEN IN DEATH U TALK SILLY

  • KWAKU D 11 years ago

    The lights are a problem. Why do they all go amber sometimes? WHO HAS RIGH OF WAY THEN???
    Why do they get turned off? Eg at the Cantonments junction, Giffard Rd near El Wak, they are turned off at at night.

  • JIMY SOMER 11 years ago

    GO TO GIVE THEM A BETTER PLACE IN HAVEN

  • micky 11 years ago

    oh my God what a sad news!may their souls rest in the bosom of the Lord.

  • sarah konadu 11 years ago

    my condolence.may their souls rest in perfect peace

  • Dzimakpla 11 years ago

    This is an accident that could have been prevented. The blame must be on the officials who were supposed to be monitoring and fixing malfunction traffic lights. However, a little patient on part of all drivers in Ghana will g ...
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  • Adams Tikuma, PA USA 11 years ago

    May their souls rest in peace

  • ed 11 years ago

    What a pity, Most Ghanaians think been able to move a vehicle means you can drive, however they dont know where and when to yield for priorities, its normal for the amber lights to be on but then the common rule of priorities ...
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  • Nana 11 years ago

    This is very sad news,such a young girls who are yet to start life,may their souls rest in perfect peace.But our journalists,leaders are shameful and disgrace to the whole country,how many people die on our various roads ever ...
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