JUJU SCARE HITS KETA SECONDARY...Two Headmasters Died !

By: Alfred K. Dogbey
Information picked up by The Herald indicates that there is a growing tension among the tutors of Keta Business Senior High (KETABUSCO) over the Headship position in the school after the bizarre death of two headmasters of the school early this year.
The death of Mr. Augustine Yoa Akpakli, a native of Tegbui a suburb of Keta, and his successor Mr. Afetorgbor, who was in office just for a month before he passed away in a slight car accident remain a mystery to some staff, students and the families of the deceased ones creating panic in the school.
Information gathered by The Herald indicates that most students and teachers were considering leaving the school for the fear of losing their lives.
Sources told The Herald that it took the intervention of the Regional Director of Education, who personally visited the school, to restore confidence in the students as well as the tutors, by asking the Municipal Director of Education, Mr.
Edmund Gbetodeme to act as the headmaster and one Mr. Adzibolosu a senior staff in the school as his assistance.
Narrating the genesis of the story, on conditions of anonymity, an insider source said the issue of who headed Keta Business School, had been an internal battle among the senior staff of the school for years now, generating intense hatred and division in the teaching staff.
The source hinted that somewhere around September 2010, Mr. Akpakli after a short strange illness, died suddenly.
Six months down the lane after his death and burial, another headmaster, called Mr. Afetorghor who had been transferred to the school from Juapong near Kpong, also met his untimely death through car accident.
The strange death of the two headmasters created chaos and fear among the staff and the students, compelling threats from worried parents to withdraw their wards from the school.
Some students who spoke to the paper said, “some of us have never seen the new headmaster’s face before his death”.
Meanwhile, there is the belief that the two headmasters were killed by juju perpetuated by perhaps some long-serving tutors, who felt that they were side-stepped in the appointment as headmaster of the school.
But when The Herald contacted the assistance headmaster, Mr. Adzibolosu on the matter, he confirmed the death of his former bosses, saying that Mr. Akpakli died last year while Mr. Afetorgbor’s death occurred this year.
However, he denied the allegation of juju, saying “Akpakli has been here for five years before he died, you see, people can talk about that, but there is no proof for juju allegations”.
When asked if he was not scared of occupying his current position as the Assistant Headmaster, he said; “oh my brother, fear for what..? after all very soon I would be going on retirement. After Christmas, then am off on retirement; he disclosed. What should I be scared about? Those saying juju, they are only saying it, they can’t prove it”.
Mr. Adzibolosu conceded to The Herald that there had been some disagreement among the staff but “that is how human society is, it is every where that people live and you can’t deny that, but no staff member is fighting for position”; he said.