Falling concrete block kills WASSCE candidate

A 20-year-old final year student of Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School (HOTCASS) met his untimely death when a falling concrete block landed on him.

The block had slipped from the second floor of a building under construction at James Town near the Gbese Mantse Palace in Accra killing him instantly.

The deceased, Stephen Nii Adjei Botchway, was one of the students writing the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) but got involved in the unfortunate incident a fortnight ago.

Stephen was then working as a labourer on a project, Onua FM gathered, that is allegedly owned by the Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey.

Mr. Commey is said to have pulled down an dilapidated family house and was constructing a three-storey edifice.

Meanwhile, Mr. Commey is said to have given the family of the deceased GHS5,000 for the funeral arrangement which will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the same venue where the tragic incident occurred.

The father of the late boy, Nii Laryea Botchway is a polling station executive of the governing New Patriotic Party and a cousin to Lord Commey.

A visit to the scene by Onua FM indicates construction works have stalled as they wait for the burial of the boy on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Read Full Story