The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three students of Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS) in connection with the assault of a student from Obrachire Senior High Technical School during a district inter-schools athletics competition in Agona Swedru.
The suspects — Joseph Amoh, 20; Benedict Appiah, 18; and Bilal Mamud, 18 — are expected to be arraigned before court.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, February 24, the Command said the arrests followed high-level engagements between the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department, Lydia Yaako Donkor, and the management of SWESBUS. The school authorities later handed over the three suspects to the Swedru Divisional Police Command at about 9:00 p.m. the same day.
The arrests relate to the assault of Akpekakovi Fiadzigbe, a student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School, who sustained injuries during the incident. He has since called for justice, urging law enforcement agencies to ensure that those responsible are held accountable.
According to the victim, he was attacked without provocation while looking for a place to sit and apply medication to his eye when stones were suddenly thrown at him.
The Central Regional Police Command has condemned the conduct of the students and cautioned the public, especially students, against engaging in acts of violence that threaten safety within educational institutions.
Source: 3news
