The Ghana Police Service has reacted to the death of the 24-year-old Petroleum Engineering Graduate of KNUST in a pool at Takoradi while on a business trip with her boss.
Providing update on investigations conducted on the incident so far, the police said autopsy conducted by officials in the presence of the deceased’s parents reveal that Lois Koranteng died of Asphyxia, severe pulmonary edema and drowning in a pool.
The police in a statement on July 11 revealed that it commenced investigation into the unfortunate incident on June 8, the same day it received complaint about the incident.
“On the same day, police commenced investigation into the incident. A Police team visited the scene and also visited the hospital and inspected the body but no marks of assault were found on her,” the statement stated.
The police added that following dissatisfaction from the deceased’s family about the extent of police engagement with them, the Inspector General of Police rendered an unqualified apology via a phone call to the family.
The police noted that the IGP assured the family of visiting them at their convenience and update them on investigation done so far.
Lois Abena Koranteng, a 24-year-old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) traveled with her boss and a driver to Takoradi for a business trip on June 8, 2024.
She had spoken to her family members on the trip with hopes of returning home after her activities.
Sadly, a phone call came through the following day to the family indicating Lois Abena Koranteng, the last born of a family of three had passed under bizarre circumstances.
“She was working with an energy company, they mostly travel to Takoradi and other places on Weekends for business. We spoke to her on the weekend before leaving, around 5:30 am the following day, we had a phone call that our sister had been found dead in the swimming pool of the hotel where they were lodging.
They had sent her lifeless body to the hospital and police had started investigations when close family members reported to the scene”, a brother of the deceased, Aaron Koranteng told Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show in an interview.
