One of two armed robbers who broke into a room at the Mensah Sarbah Hall of the University of Ghana in the early hours of yesterday, has been arrested and handed over to the Legon police. Kofi Mensah, 22, was apprehended by the Legon security but his accomplice, Kweku James is on the run.

In the course of their operation, the robbers, who wielded a knife and a gun – later discovered to be a toy – inflicted knife wound on the hand of a female resident while another received a blow to her mouth.

The incident occurred around 3.30 am. The police said the two allegedly cut the net of one of the rooms at the ‘E’ Block of the Hall, removed the louver blades and stole a mobile phone and an unspecified amount of money.

They then attempted to escape by using an exit door but it was locked and therefore they became stranded. One of the injured females who saw what was happening is said to have screamed, causing people to come out of their dormitories by which time James and Mensah had taken “cover”.

The university security which later came to comb the area found Mensah hiding near the male side of the block. They arrested him and later handed him over to the Legon police which arrived at the scene an hour later.

Life on campus has since returned to normal and the broken louver blades have been fixed.

Chief Superintendent Anwubutoge Awuni, Nima Divisional Police Commander, confirmed the incident to the Times. Incidents of theft have been occurring for some time now in the university, causing the authorities to tighten security on the campus.

Last year at an internet café in Annex ‘A’, of the same hall a armed robber stole some laptop computers and an unspecified sum of money.