Krachi East MCE Dies After A Year In Office Following Collapse At Programme

• Bernard Aborkugya Mensah, the Municipal Chief Executive of Krachi East, has died after a year in office
• Mensah was delivering a matriculation speech at the Dambai College of Education when he died
• He is the second Krachi East MCE to die in the last two years, after Francis Kofi Okesu, who died in September 2022

Bernard Aborkugya Mensah, the Municipal Chief Executive of Krachi East, has died after a year in office.

When he died, Mensah was delivering a matriculation speech at the Dambai College of Education.

The Ghana News Agency reported that he was rushed to the Dambai Health Centre and then the WoraWora Government Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Mensah was 60 at the time of his death. He was a former Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Krachi East Municipality.

Read also

Asante Mampong NDC Youth Organiser, allegedly stabbed to death by wife, police arrest her

A close source disclosed to the Ghana News Agency that the deceased’s wife also collapsed on hearing the news and was taken to the WoraWora medical facility.

President Nana Akufo-Addo nominated him to replace the late MCE, Francis Kofi Okesu, who died in September 2022.

Okesu was notably found dead in a hotel room naked.

His body was found after the manager of the hotel alerted the police, who broke into his room.

Bekwai MCE's daughter killed

YEN.com.gh reported that police confirmed the killing of the daughter of the MCE for Bekwai Akua Serwaa through a gunshot by unknown assailants.

According to a report by Accra-based MyNewsGH, the incident happened on Thursday, August 3, 2023, in Kumasi.

Police have said they are investigating the incident, which will affect the MCE, Kwaku Kyei Baffour, and his family.

Read also

Ghana couple in US facing 25 years in prison after beating 5-year-old son to death

Source: YEN.com.gh