A FINAL year student of the Adu Gyamfi Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region cannot take part in the ongoing WASSCE due to superstitious reasons.

The student, identified as Elizabeth Darkwa, had been possessed by a fetish spirit in her family, and this had made it impossible for her to write the examination.

Headmistress of the school, Joana Frimpong, said even though Elizabeth was eligible to write the examinations, she could not do so due to the spirit.

When fully possessed, Elizabeth would become a fetish priestess who could provide spiritual help to people in need of her support.

Madam Joana said out of the 747 students registered for the WASSCE, Elizabeth and one, Dorenda Amoako, were the only ones absent when the examination started last week.

Madam Frimpong who was speaking on Kessben FM, said both students could also not be located on campus “so I became worried about their situation.”

She said she became curious so she called the father of Elizabeth about the whereabouts of his child only to be told that she had been possessed by a spirit.

Madam Frimpong said Elizabeth’s father told her his daughter got possessed by the fetish spirit days to the start of the WASSCE so she left school to the house.

The father added that Elizabeth’s mother had taken her (Elizabeth) to a location at Konongo in an attempt to reverse the control of the fetish spirit over the poor girl.

Madam Frimpong expressed worry about how Elizabeth would not be able to write the WASSCE after three years of intensive studies due to superstitious belief.

She said the school was yet to get in touch with the parents of Dorenda Amoako to determine why she had been absent since the start of the examination.