Two teachers of Obuasi Senior High Technical School have been arrested for their alleged roles in instigating students to attack the school’s headmaster, Abdulai Zakaria.
According to Police in the Obuasi District, three teachers were initially picked up for questioning after the headmaster filed a formal complaint and mentioned the names of individuals he believed were involved in the attack.
The Police investigations subsequently focused on two of the teachers, who are accused of instigating students to attack the headmaster and are expected to be put before court to seek their remand.
Reports suggest the Obuasi Secondary Technical School was closed down indefinitely on the orders of the Obuasi Municipal Assembly following a violent incident which landed the school’s headmaster in the hospital.
According to the Municipal Assembly, the indefinite closure is a precautionary measure aimed at ensuring the safety of students, teaching and non-teaching staff, and also preventing any further disturbances on campus.
Meanwhile, six people have been reportedly arrested in connection with a violent incident at the Obuasi Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti Region.
Reports suggest some students went on a rampage, beat up their headmaster, Abdullai Zakari, and vandalised school property after they accused him of allegedly burying a newborn on the school’s campus.
Abdullai Zakari, who reportedly sustained multiple injuries, is currently on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.
Reports suggest the violence occurred between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., when one of the students claimed he saw the headmaster’s vehicle around the school’s refuse dump raising an alarm, prompting his colleagues to mobilise to the area.
According to reports, the students allegedly discovered that the headmaster had buried a baby estimated to be about five to six months old, confronted the headmaster and assaulted him.
The information gathered also disclosed that the police arrived at the scene, exhumed the body, deposited it at the morgue and also prevented further escalation of the incident.
Reports suggest students went ahead to destroy school property, including items at the headmaster’s bungalow, and first-year students also reportedly attacked after their seniors claimed they supported the headmaster.
Temporarily, there is a heavy security presence at Obuasi Senior High Technical School, with the Police commencing an investigation into the incident.
Also, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, the Head of the Municipal Security Council, with some senior police officers, visited the school.
Nevertheless, the incident has disrupted academic activities at the school, with teaching and learning halted as investigators continue their work.
Also, the Head of Security at Obuasi Senior High Technical School has shared an account of how he heard a commotion and found students nearly beating the headmaster of the institution to death over allegations of ritual activities.
According to the Security head, he was inside the school when he heard a loud commotion from one end of the compound.
He detailed that he rushed outside only to find a group of students allegedly assaulting the headmaster, identified as Zakaria.
Speaking in a viral video, the Head Security stated, “I was inside when I heard noise, so I came out and saw students assaulting the headmaster with sticks and cutlasses. I was lucky they didn’t attack me. The police had to intervene before they stopped”.
“I locked the gate so they couldn’t come out,” he added.
“The police came with about four patrol teams. I was thinking the police would fire warning shots, but they didn’t,” he recounted.
“As for the headmaster’s house, it was also vandalised,” he stated.
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