Worry and nervousness have gripped the Sunyani West metropolis following the mysterious and sudden demise of Mrs. Gladys Dorlo Batinge, principal of Kobedi AME Zion Primary Faculty. This tragedy led to the suspension of all educational actions for every week.
Adom Information Bono Regional Correspondent Christian Ofori Kuma reported on Friday, Might 22, 2026, that unrest within the farming neighborhood is quickly escalating to outright terrorism.
That is as a result of Madame Gladys’ surprising demise adopted a sample hauntingly much like the tragic demise of her rapid predecessor.
In a wierd timeline that has left residents reeling, Mrs. Gladys has been introduced in because the direct substitute for the earlier principal, who handed away below uncommon circumstances in September 2025. Shockingly, she additionally handed away in April 2026, shortly after being appointed to the college to revive administrative stability.
Nana Ameya Ansu Gabour, the empress dowager of Kobedi, a outstanding farming neighborhood close to Chiraa in Bono area, has damaged her silence on the tragedy, revealing disturbing particulars that led to the emergency closure of the power pending a pressured cleaning ceremony by conventional authorities to forestall additional lack of life.
The Queen Mom revealed that some in the neighborhood strongly imagine that this double demise isn’t a coincidence, however is linked to a strong non secular curse.
The curse was reportedly instigated by an indigene related to the Nzor neighborhood, who reportedly focused faculty leaders over bitter allegations of economic extortion involving sure faculty authorities.
Talking to the media, the Queen Mom mentioned the native conventional council takes this concern very critically and is actively working behind the scenes to make sure the protected return of youngsters to highschool, carry out the mandatory customary ceremonies, resolve underlying conflicts and restore full peace.
As conventional authorities scramble to handle the disaster, Nana Kolan Amoah Asimpi, the krotihene of Kobedi, expressed sturdy dissatisfaction with the following media protection of the college closure.
The varsity principal strongly criticized the wrong, unverified, and extremely deceptive experiences that circulated after the college principal’s demise, claiming that it considerably exacerbated the panic in the neighborhood.
Nana Kolan Amoah Asimpi has issued a powerful warning to journalists and mainstream media, urging them to strictly adhere to skilled ethics and thoroughly confirm information from conventional councils earlier than publishing sensational tales that would incite concern and misunderstanding in an already traumatized neighborhood.
In response to the closure, district training officers will meet with the Kobedi Conventional Council this week to evaluate the psychological preparedness of surviving lecturers and coordinate a everlasting and protected reopening of colleges.
