The bag was reported missing when the quiz mistress returned to her seat after helping Prempeh College lift this year’s trophy.

Pulse Ghana’s Emmanuel Tornyi reports "that it was stolen when the Prempeh College guys stormed the stage." There was an announcement that the bag was missing at the National Theatre where the grand finale of the quiz took place.

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The bag contained her valuables including her phone, workplace ID cards, her car and home keys.

It is unclear if closed circuit television footage of the stage is available to help track the thief/thieves.

About Elsie Kaufmann

Dr Elsie Kaufmann is a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America.

She has been the quiz mistress of the highly popular schools’ competition since 2006, making her the longest serving among the quiz’s three coordinators.