Ghanaian Student’s Scholarship Revoked Over Attack On LGBTQ

According to reports, a scholarship for a Ghanaian student studying in the United States of America has been revoked because of his involvement in nasty Twitter assaults against LGBT Ghanaians.

One of the attackers, Derrick Boadi Sakyi, who had just begun a Ph.D. degree in Biological Science at Ohio University in the United States on a scholarship, threatened Papa Kojo, a Ghanaian LGBT activist, leading him to expose the attacks.

According to reports, the award was intended for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, candidates from the Global South, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities.

When Kojo learned that Derrick was a student, he wrote to the school to report the assault he had suffered from Sakyi and to attach other offensive and disgusting posts the latter had written about the LGBT community in Ghana.

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He wrote on Twitter: “One guy sent me death threats and I just checked his profile. He’s been inciting hate for years…in one of his most recent tweets, he confessed to setting up gay men to be beaten and blackmailed and said if Ama allows him to correctively rape her, he’ll get her to the bar.

“I’ve found his name and details on LinkedIn and he moved to the US two weeks ago to start a PhD in Ohio. I want everyone to hold on tight because this TL is about to get bloody messy af in the coming days.”

Sakyi’s scholarship had been suspended while a review was being conducted, according to a response he received after writing to the university.

“Stay away from progressive funding and scholarships if you’re a homophobe. Apply to Iran, Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan since you love oppression so bad,” Papa Kojo captioned his new post.