The Headteacher of Glikpome Basic School in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, Mr Selorm Kwaku Tettey, has been found dead in a guesthouse in Akatsi.
Reports suggest the deceased, popularly known as TK, was found lifeless on a bed at the “Joli Bebe” Guesthouse on Tuesday by a housekeeping worker, prompting a report to the community’s assembly member and police officials.
According to eyewitness accounts, preliminary findings showed no visible signs of physical assault on the body.
Reports disclosed that items recovered from the scene, including a mobile phone, canned malt drinks, and other personal belongings, have been taken into police custody for further investigations.
According to GNA reports that was seen with an adult woman believed to be in her late 30s, although the police are yet to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
Meanwhile, the Akatsi Municipal Police Command has confirmed the case and said investigations are ongoing with no arrest made so far.
The headteacher’s body has since been deposited at the St. Paul’s Hospital morgue in Akatsi for preservation, autopsy, and further investigations.
The GNA article providing more details added, “The Akatsi South Municipal Director of Education, Karim Ayaana Umar, confirmed the incident but said he could not provide further details as the Ghana Police Service and the family were yet to issue official statements.
According to information gathered, Tettey’s wife had made several unsuccessful attempts to contact him by phone before reporting the matter to the Municipal Education Directorate.
She was later accompanied by the Municipal Director of Education to the Akatsi Municipal Police Command to file a formal complaint.
While they were at the police station, officers received information that a man had been found dead in a room at the Joli Bebe Guest House.
The police proceeded to the scene, where the deceased was identified as Tettey.
The Assembly Member for the area, Wonder Gatepe, said staff of the guest house alerted him after discovering the headteacher’s body.
He said he rushed to the scene and found Mr Tettey lying lifeless on the bed before personnel from the Akatsi Municipal Police Command arrived to begin investigations.
Gatepe added that a bag containing educational materials, a mobile phone, canned malt drinks, and other personal belongings was found in the room.
He noted that there were no visible signs of physical assault on the body”.
Some netizens reacting to the news stated, “This doesn’t look good
Found dead in a guest house raises a lot of questions. Hope the guest house has Surveillance cameras and logs of all guests. That might be a good start to the investigation”.
“No one should go to that guesthouse. It isn’t a safe place to lodge even though I don’t even know where it is located”, a netizen added.
One X user added, “But what was he doing in the guesthouse and with which girl in the first place?
Cause he can’t just be there for no reason”.
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The Headteacher of Glikpome Basic School in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region, 44-year-old Mr. Selorm Kwaku Tettey, has been found dead in a guesthouse in Akatsi.
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