The Senior Housemaster of Achimota Senior High School (SHS), Emmanuel Hanson, has instructed his lawyers to explore legal remedies to clear his name over alleged sexual harassment and sextortion.

Mr. Hanson, also a teacher, said the allegations made by a former student, Hafsatu Osmanu, and her mother, tarnished his hard-earned reputation.

The Senior Housemaster is said to have ceased the mobile phone of Ms. Osmanu when she was in her final year. Upon completion of school, Ms. Osmanu and her mother are said to have issued threatening words against the teacher after attempt to retrieve the phone was unsuccessful.

Aside the alleged threatening words, the two are said to have published on social media allegations of sexual harassment and sextortion against the teacher.

Unhappy with the development, his lawyers, Kulendi at Law, in a statement issued on his behalf signed by Lawyer Emmanuel Dei-Tumi Jr. (Akora), said their client had petitioned the Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigation Department to conduct a forensic examination of mobile devices to determine whether he authored or sent any of the messages attributed to him in circulated screenshots.

The forensic examination revealed no WhatsApp conversation between Hanson and Osmanu, concluding that the messages attributed to Hanson were fabricated. The former student Ms. Osmanu had refused to submit her device for a similar examination.

The teacher claims the allegations have caused him and his family personal and professional distress, damaging his reputation as a teacher and Senior Housemaster.

He has instructed his lawyers to take legal steps to vindicate his name and hold those responsible accountable.

“The publication and circulation of these allegations have caused our client and his family considerable personal and professional distress and have infest severe damage to his reputation,” his lawyers said.