The final year student of O’Reilly Senior High School (SHS), Edward Borketey Sackey, who died after being stabbed by his friend, Godwin Mawuli, has been laid to rest.
This follows a solemn burial service at his family house at Spintex, Accra.
Friends and family at the burial were seen crying uncontrollably as they paid their last respects to Edward.
Meanwhile, the accused, Godwin Mawuli, is on remand pending legal representation for the trial to proceed.
The case has been adjourned to October 21, 2024.
Background
On Monday, September 2, 2024, a final-year student at O’Reilly Senior High School, Godwin Mawuli, reportedly stabbed another student, Edward Borketey Sackey, to death following an argument.
The incident happened after they had completed their final year examinations.
The altercation reportedly began as a heated exchange over who was wealthier, escalating into a physical fight.
According to a cousin of the deceased, who is also a student at the school, the fight initially seemed trivial.
“He had a paper in the morning and came to me that he was done with his paper. A few minutes later we heard some noise at the back, and we asked what was wrong, and they said it was Godwin and Edward fighting. I asked what the fight was about, and they said it was nothing serious.
“The whole thing was about, ‘You, what do you have? I have this and that, you’re lying’. That was what brought the fight. So, I thought the whole thing was nothing.
“A few minutes later, the Godwin guy came up to me and asked me to warn my brother or else his blood will flow, and I told him it has not gotten to that,” she narrated.
She added that Edward sought help from some teachers in the school when the fight escalated, but they ignored him.
This, she said, prompted her to seek help from an uncle whose shop was outside the school.
However, upon her return, Godwin had stabbed her cousin.