WAEC MAN DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSE (MIRROR, PAGE 25, APRIL 1, 2010)

From Joe Okyere, Elmina

IT has now been established that Mr Sampson Mensah, an Examination Clerk of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), died from a natural cause.
According to the Elmina police, which investigated the case of his death, post-mortem on the body revealed that no foul play could be suspected and that no one would be held responsible for his death.
Mr Mensah died after complaining of a stomach upset to a colleague he was putting up in a guest/transit quarters belonging to the WAEC at the SSNIT Flats in Elmina a fortnight ago.
The police took a left-over of the banku and some tablets he took, together with the body, to the Central Regional Metropolitan Hospital for autopsy after his colleague who shared an apartment with him had reported of his sudden demise.
It would be recalled that Mr Mensah had complained of sickness to Mr Charles Thompson, a Principal Examinations Officer of the WAEC, on Wednesday, March 9, around 11:20 p.m. after they had retired to bed.
The two had been transferred to Cape Coast on March 1, 2010 and were living in Flat 14 within Block Two.
Even though the police would not comment on the exact cause of his death, it is believed that he died of stress due to hypertension.