Oseikromonline.com can confirm that the number of students who died at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School was really four and not three as the School Authorities and Ghana Education Service would want people to believe.
Even though the school’s authorities have been tight-lipped about the real number and some serious information concerning the unfortunate occurrence, some students still insist that their four colleagues had died and not three.
They students are 16 year old, Form one Science student Prince Kodua, who was buried on Saturday. The rest are Richard Agyeman, Benjamin Opoku and Samuel Okyere Kwabi Dapaah, all 17 year old Form Two students of the school.
Disappointments could be seen on the faces of some Old Students of the school who went to the premises to render any assistance which would be needed by the school.
Autopsy report
Oseikromonline.com can also confirm that the first autopsy report carried on one of the deceased students has refuted allegations of food poisoning as reported by several media platforms.
Our sources however could not disclose the exact ailment but was quick to add that authorities of the school will address the media later this week.
One of the Old Students [name withheld] told our reporter that the people in charge of the school’s sick bay were professional nurses with one practicing at one of the biggest hospitals in the Ashanti Region.
He admitted that but for the timely intervention of the Asokore Mampong Police the students would have vandalized some properties at their headmistress’ bungalow.
“Two warning shots fired by the police were enough to put some fear into them and send dispersed them back into their dormitories”. He recounted.
'Ringleaders' identified
Meanwhile some students have been identified as leaders of the action which teachers of the school call ‘uprising’ and have been penned down to face disciplinary action as soon as calm returns to the school.
Calm Restoration
As to when exactly calm would return none of the teachers or Old students could say as even those who were on the compound on Monday could not teach nor learn. It was clear that the students were going through some psychological challenges at the sudden death of their four colleagues.
The school authorities,according to reports were arranging for Professional Psychologists to take the students through counseling sessions to enable them return to normalcy.
GES Directive
By the time our reporter arrived at the school Monday Afternoon, it was clear the parents and their wards had flouted the directive from the Ghana Education Service calling all students to return to the school for teaching and learning to continue.
Just a few students had arrived, and the school appeared deserted as even those around showed signs of discomfort and uneasiness.
Some of the parents said they would wait till they are fully convinced of their wards’ safety on the school compound before they bring them back to the school.
By Jonathan Ofori