In Kumasi: KNUST level 100 student commits suicide

A level 100 BA Geography and Rural Development student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has reportedly committed suicide.

The student, identified as Stephen Nana Agyei Manu, was reportedly found lying in a prone position inside a female washroom in the CCB building on the campus of the university in the hot afternoon of Thursday with an empty bottle of Nopest insecticide.

He is alleged to have taken in doses of the insecticide in a suicide mission.

Manu was initially rushed to the KNUST Hospital for treatment by the security officials of the University.

According to the police, at about 3:00 pm Thursday they received information from the KNUST security officers that a student of the institution had attempted suicide by gulping down poisonous insecticide.

Crime scene officers dispatched to the University found the young man dead and later identified him as Stephen Nana Agyei Manu, who was pursuing a BA degree in Geography and Rural Development, the police said.

The 20-year old, who had no torture marks on his body, was reportedly dressed in a pair of blue jeans trousers matched with white, blue and black shirt.

His body has since been deposited at the morgue of the KNUST Hospital.

Investigation is ongoing, whilst the cause of death has provisionally been put as insecticide poisoning, pending confirmation by the coroner during the inquest, according to the Daily Guide newspaper.