A video reportedly detailing the actions of O’Reilly Senior High School final-year students, Edward Sackey and Godwin, before the stabbing of the former by the latter has emerged online.
In a video gone viral, two male students were engaged in a fisticuff in the presence of several other students.
This is said to have ensued before Edward Sackey, an 18-year-old General Arts student was fatally stabbed during an altercation with a classmate from the Visual Arts Department on Monday, September 2.
According to reports, the altercation that led to Edward’s death was reportedly sparked by a dispute over personal wealth. Edward was stabbed three times in the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
There are reports that the school authorities, particularly teachers failed to take action during the clash between the two students and after the stabbing occurred.
Meanwhile, the father of Edward Sackey, Enoch Sackey, has announced his intention to sue the school following his son’s tragic death.
In an interview with Accra-based CitiNews, Enoch Sackey expressed profound frustration and demanded accountability from the school for the circumstances leading to his son’s death.
“We have to sue the school, we have to hold the school responsible,” Sackey asserted. “We want the school authority to come out and explain why such a thing would happen on school premises, where the teachers, nobody tried to interfere… they were all unconcerned until my son passed away.”
Sackey further criticized the school’s teachers for negligence, noting that his niece had called him to the school due to the fight but he did not understand why the teachers did not handle the situation. “I went to the school in Accra to understand the happenings, but sadly, I found my son covered in blood,” he said.
On Tuesday, Sackey and other family members, dressed in red and black, picketed the school to voice their dissatisfaction. They have expressed disappointment that neither the school administration, the attacker’s family, nor the police have contacted them regarding the incident.
Sackey emphasized, “We want answers from the school authority, and the parents of the boy and the police. We want justice, and we want the school authority to explain to us if the teachers were not at the school when it happened, or they were there, or they did not care.”
The suspect, Godwin, has been apprehended by the Ghana Police Service.