Prempeh students go on rampage

(Ghanaisn Times) Students of Prempeh College, Kumasi, on Saturday night stormed the bungalow of the Senior House Master, Mr Obeng Odoom, and damaged parts of the building and his personal property. They also destroyed the school’s notice board and looted a quantity of soft drinks and food items being sold by his wife.

The reason? Mr Odoom is “too strict” for their liking. An official of the college told the ‘Times’ on Sunday that “Spirit FM” a private local Radio station organised a funfair for students of second cycle schools in the Kumasi metropolis at the Assembly Hall of the college on Saturday.

After the close of the funfair and subsequent departure of the visiting students, the ‘Prempeh’ boys went to their dining hall for supper at about 6.00 pm. Some of the students, after taking their meals, trooped to the Senior House Master’s bungalow about thirty minutes later and looted a quantity of soft drinks and food.

At about 9.30 pm a large army of the students chanting “O square, you are dead today” and armed with stones broke into the sitting hall and damaged some electronic gadgets, lights and louvre blades. Mr Odoom was not in at the time of attack, but some of his dependants who were at home were left unharmed.

When the ‘Times’ visited the college campus around mid-day, the situation looked very calm with both the tutors and students going about their normal duties. –The Ghanaian Times.