GCB Bank contract staff commits suicide in her room (UPDATED)
A contract staff of the Nsawam Branch of the GCB Bank Limited identified as Agnes Asempana has allegedly committed suicide by hanging.
The partially naked body of the 42-year-old was found dangling in a room with a nylon rope fastened to her neck at Ayekotse, a suburb of the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region.
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Sources revealed that the deceased last Friday July 5, 2019 went to her two-bedroom apartment to pick some items only to allegedly commit suicide.
It was her younger brother, one Bajerisong Lazarus who found her in that state at about 4pm when he went to visit her.
The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the incident said no external marks of violence were detected to suggest foul play.
The body has since been deposited at the Suhum Government Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy, while the police have commenced investigations into the incidents.
Her work colleagues are however shocked as to what could have triggered the deceased to take her own life in such a barbaric manner.
Close sources pointed to the fact that it could be linked to a termination of her contract with her employer or job-related challenges which she has concealed.
Below is a copy of a statement issued by GCB on the incident
GCB Bank reacts
GCB Bank Ltd is saddened by the death of Ms. Agnes Asampana, a contract staff member on Friday July 5th, 2019.
Ms. Asampana was assigned to GCB Bank Limited through The Capital Group Limited an employment agency contracted by the Bank to provide employment services.
She was posted to Suhum Branch and subsequently assigned to Nsawam Hospital for Hospital Cash Collections for and on behalf of the Bank.
The Bank is unable to comment on the reason for her alleged suicide. However, by the nature of her employment, it is not likely that she was and could ever have been slated for termination by the Bank as is being speculated by some media houses.
The GCB family mourns her death together with her family, and wishes to state that there is the need to eschew speculations until the Police completes its investigations.
We therefore appeal to the media and the general public to be circumspect in whatever they publish in respect of Agnes’s demise.
We express our utmost sympathy to the bereaved family and pray God grants them the strength and fortitude to bear this loss.
Issued by Management
GCB BANK Ltd