Mumford (Central Region) 1st April ?99

A 30-year-old fisherman, Kwesi Asomaning, from Mumford in the Central Region last Sunday attempted to end his life by hanging because he could not pay a loan of 30,000 cedis he took from a friend.

But "luck" was not on his side, as his struggle to breath life out of his body attracted the attention of a co-tenant, who rushed into his room and found him hanging on a rope tied to a beam. He was rushed to Apam Catholic Mission Hospital, where he regained consciousness.

Asomaning said he borrowed 30,000 cedis from a friend, when he went on a fishing expedition at Cape Coast but the business did not thrive and he could not pay back the loan. He said he had not had any peace as the friend kept on harassing him for the money. He returned to his home town, hoping that he could get some help to enable him repay the loan but things were rather worse at home. To avoid further disgrace, he decided to end it all.