A student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), named Caleb Mensah, popularly known as Paywa, has tragically lost his life.
Reports suggest the UCC student left his student ID upon arriving at the examination room and was asked to go back for it.
According to The State News, the UCC student, while in the process, picked up a motorbike but was unfortunately hit by a shuttle and lost his life.
The State News in the post stated, “BREAKING—
A student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), named Caleb Mensah, popularly known as Paywa, left his student ID upon arriving at the examination room and was asked to go back for it. In the process, he picked a motorbike but was unfortunately hit by a shuttle and lost his life”.
However, some netizens under the post shared a different account of how the UCC student died.
According to some netizen Caleb Mensah fell from the motorcycle after the bike and was runover by the shuttle.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the tragic news stated, One X user claimed the student died after falling from the motorbike with the shuttle running over him, “misinformation… he wasn’t hit by the shuttle driver … he fell from the bike after hitting a pot hole, and the shuttle passed over him”
An X user added, “According to preliminary reports, Caleb was reportedly a *passenger on a motorcycle* when an item fell from the bike. As the motorcycle turned back to retrieve it, the bike allegedly *hit a pothole**, causing Caleb to jump off the motorcycle*.In an unfortunate turn of events ½”
“That’s why adey love Legon ooo, no space for primitivism. You’d just be asked to download your temporal ID from your STS, and you’re good to go.
We’re in a modern world, but some universities will still choose to make their systems finchiimmm like kako 2gh”, a netizen added.
One more X user added, “It is important to send your ID to the exam room, but in unusual circumstances where the student has forgotten the ID, there must be a way of consideration at the last hour. Preventing the student from writing the exams at the last hour or asking the student to go back is a problem”.
A netizen added, “So the school authority could not identify the student even in the midst of his course mates? The university authorities k!lled him. I have experienced the same situation in the university. I had to provide my student ID before I was allowed to write the examination”.
“So who will in his right senses will bathe and go n sit for an exams if he’s not the one? You will talk of impersonation, don’t they have biometrics in this era? Waku no kwa”, a netizen added.
One netizen added, “Now that the invigilator will live the rest of his life with the guilt that it was his fault that led to the death of a young man”.
Additionally, an X user added, “Stupid university exam rules that have proven ineffective are still being used. Why not set up alternative student verification Systems? A biometric system could even help”.
See the post below:
BREAKING—
— THE STATE NEWS (@THESTATENEWSS) March 6, 2026
A student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), named Caleb Mensah, popularly known as Paywa, left his student ID upon arriving at the examination room and was asked to go back for it. In the process, he picked a motorbike but was unfortunately hit by a shuttle and… pic.twitter.com/HRxo8wfJ13