A 26-year-old private legal practitioner, Sara Araba Tettey, has tragically died after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest while celebrating Ghana’s victory over Panama in their opening match of the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday, June 17.
Ms Tettey, a newly qualified lawyer and alumna of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is said to have collapsed shortly after jubilant celebrations erupted following the Black Stars’ win.
The young lawyer, who was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2025, worked with O & A Legal Consult and was widely admired by colleagues and friends as one of the country’s promising young legal professionals.
According to eyewitnesses, she was watching the match with friends at Standard Hostel, a private student hostel located at Bomso near the KNUST campus in Kumasi, when she suddenly became unresponsive amid celebrations after the final whistle.
Friends and other patrons at the hostel quickly rushed her to the KNUST Hospital, where medical personnel made frantic efforts to save her life.
Sources indicate that doctors and emergency responders administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for approximately 45 minutes in an attempt to revive her.
Despite the intensive medical intervention, she was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Tributes have since begun pouring in from friends, former classmates and colleagues, who have described her as intelligent, hardworking and full of promise.
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