One of the occupants of the room where a former Legon student fell from the 4th floor of Mensah Sarbah Hall narrates how the incident happened.
Ghanaians awoke on April 23rd to sad news from Legon, as one person was reportedly rushed to the hospital after falling from the 4th floor of Mensah Sarbah Hall.
According to reports, the young man, identified as Wahab Abdulai is said to have fallen out of his a room he was unlawfully in after he slipped when attempting to move from the balcony to the balcony of the adjacent room, click here to watch the video.
According to sources, he sustained severe injuries on his hands and legs.
He is currently at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receiving treatment.
When a Citi News reporter visited the school, one of the legal occupants of the room provided insight into what occurred.
According to one young man, a legal occupant of the room, they were in the room when they heard a hard knock on their door and since the victim, Wahab Abdulai, was a ‘percher’ in the room they asked him to hide in the balcony because they thought it was the hall authorities going round looking for ‘perchers’.
To their surprise, it was four guys holding objects like sticks who were looking for two guys who had borrowed a car somewhere.
The occupant said Wahab Abdulai was a former Legon student and it was his first time visiting them as he debunked claims that he was a ‘percher’.
Watch the video below:
Meanwhile, the University’s Student Dean, Prof Godfred Alufar Bokpin, has asked students to calm down as the police investigate the matter.
“I will urge every student to be calm. There should be no panic because the situation is under control. The issue is being investigated, the police and hall authorities are all involved and trying to get to the bottom of it,” he said.