22-Year-Old Momo Vendor Commits Suicide Over GH₵3,500

A 22-year-old Mobile Money vendor, Abdul Rahman Acquah, has committed suicide at Assin Kruwa in the Assin South District of the Central Region.

The deceased left home on June 8, 2023, at about 3 PM and was nowhere to be found afterwards.

A search party was dispatched to look for him, but they returned without any news of the whereabouts of Rahman.

However, Personnel of the Wildlife Division at Kakum National Park, stationed at Assin Kruwa Camp, together with the family of the deceased and some community members on June 9, 2023, continued the search to the forest and found him hanging on a tree with a copper wiring cable.

The police at Nyankumasi Ahenkuro, upon receiving the information, immediately proceeded to the scene to convey the body to the Abura Dunkwa District Hospital morgue for preservation and postmortem after examinations conducted on the body showed no signs of violence.

Although investigations are underway to unravel what could have led to the death, unconfirmed reports suggest the deceased may have died out of frustration.

A witness disclosed that the deceased had earlier threatened to commit suicide due to a missing Gh¢3,500.00 belonging to his business owner, who was on his neck demanding the money and further threatening to get him arrested.

Meanwhile, the owner of the mobile money shop has been informed but still demands the money from the deceased’s family members before allowing the family to bury him.