Selinam Mortey Consoles Presec NSMQ Contestant After Semi-Final Exit, Video Evokes Sadness

Selinam Mortey Consoles Presec NSMQ Contestant After Semi-Final Exit, Video Evokes Sadness

  • The reaction of Presec's NSMQ team member after his school exited the competition has gone viral online
  • A video captured Theophilus Obeng Mettle being consoled by former NSMQ winner Selinam Mortey after the contest
  • Many people who took to the comment section of the video shared varied opinions on Presec's NSMQ exit

It was a sad sight at the SGS Auditorium at the University of Cape Coast after Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (Presec) was kicked out of the NSMQ.

A video that has gone viral and was sighted by YEN.com.gh on the X page of Joy News showed the touching moment a member of the Presec NSMQ team was being consoled.

A photo of Presec NSMQ contestants during their contest against Mfantsipim School and Osei Tutu Boys School
Presec NSMQ gets consoled after the semi-final exit in the trending video. Photo credit: @NSMQGhana/X @Joy News/X
Source: UGC

It happened when contestants representing Presec, as well as past students, were captured exiting the auditorium after their school narrowly lost to Mfantsipim School in the semi-final stage.

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Theophilus Obeng Mettle, obviously pained by the circumstances under which his school exited the competition, was left devasted and had to be comforted by Selinam Mortey, a member of Presec's winning 2023 NSMQ team.

At the time of writing the report, the touching video had raked in over 150,000 views and 66 comments.

Watch the video below:

Ghanaians react to Presec's NSMQ exit

Social media users who took to the comment section of the video shared their reactions on Presec's NSMQ team.

@Only_regiss added:

"Why do I feel everyone was against presec."

@mhystro07 replied:

"Be like the Odade3 turn alomi oo."

@AbdulWahab_ikno added:

"Amake emotional but Agenda must agend."

@justmebloggh added:

"End of an era. A new generation begins."

@elniino_GH reacted:

"Even as an odade3 i wasn’t rooting for PRESEC this year, winning the competition 3 times in a row would have been bad for the other schools so its good that we’re out, next year we’re coming back for the crown, BLUEEEEEEEEE."

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Otumfuo donates a new trophy to NSMQ

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II donated a new trophy to the NSMQ organisers.

The new trophy will be outdoors in during the 2024 finals.

The current customised bronze trophy was introduced in 2018.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie is a Human Interest editor at YEN.com.gh. He has over six years of experience in journalism. He graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL). He also worked as a content writer for Scooper News. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.