The family of Theophilus Ansah, an 18-year-old final year science student at Ghana National College in Cape Coast, has petitioned Child Rights International.
This organization, dedicated to children’s welfare, has been asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged negligence that led to their son’s death.
The family believes that such a tragedy should never befall any student and is calling for justice to serve as a deterrent. They argue that their son’s death could have been avoided if the school authorities had been more proactive.
At the late student’s family home in Anomabo, Central Region, a sorrowful atmosphere pervaded as friends, family, sympathizers, and students from Ghana National College bid farewell to Theophilus Ansah. As the casket was carried away to the cemetery, tears flowed freely.
Family members, unhappy with the circumstances leading to Theophilus’s death, have petitioned Child Rights International and other human rights lawyers who advocate for children’s interests. They hope these entities will investigate the matter and bring it to a conclusion.
Lucy Quainoo, the family spokesperson, expressed the family’s desperation to understand the circumstances leading to their son’s death. She emphasized the need to pursue the matter to prevent such an incident from happening again.
“All we are calling for is justice. We believed our son could have been saved but negligence on the part of the school led to the death. Even when he was writing the mock exams, he could have been saved but no one seemed to care. We want to pursue the matter to its logical conclusion so it won’t happen to any child again,” Ms. Lucy Quainoo told Citi News.
“We have petitioned Child Rights International, who are dedicated to the interest of school children, to investigate the matter. Lawyer Martin Kpebu has also been petitioned, and we are hoping to come to a logical conclusion,” the spokesperson added.
A colleague of the late Theophilus Ansah shared fond memories while bidding him goodbye. “As we gather here to bid farewell to our brother and friend, we are in deep pain but all we can ask for God is to give him a peaceful rest.
“Theophilus was always willing to lend a helping hand to his peers and that is what we can always remember him for,” noted Prince Charles, a final-year student who read the farewell message.
The Central Regional Education Directorate presented an amount of ten thousand cedis to support the family during the burial process.
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