Students go on rampage and vandalize bungalows

Aworowa (B/A), Jan. 25, GNA - Students of Akumfi-Ameyaw Senior High School at Aworowa in the Techiman Municipality at the weekend went on a rampage and caused damage to a number of bungalows in the school. Three of them, Master Michael Yaw, 17, second year, Ofori Boadum, 2= 0, final year and Danbina Kwabena Bagobia, 17, first year, have been arreste= d and placed in police custody.

Police Chief Inspector John Amponsah, Aworowa Station Officer, told=

the Ghana News Agency that at about 1930 hours, he got a report that all the streetlights and lights on the school campus had been put off and that th= e students were on a rampage against the headmaster, Nana Owusu Kokor and s= ome teachers.

He said he quickly deployed police personnel to the scene but seeing=

the tense atmosphere on the campus, he decided to call for reinforcement=

from Techiman. The police station officer said a watchman identified as Eric was fo= und lying in a pool of blood, alleged to have been shot, and rushed to the Ho= ly Family Hospital in Techiman.

The students vandalized the bungalows of the headmaster, Assistant Headmaster (Administration), Nyarko Yeboah, sports master Yeboah Alhassan= , senior housemaster in charge of special duties and Mr. Reynold Anim whose=

vehicle with registration number GE 8466W was also smashed. Mr. George Frimpong Kwarteng, Guidance and Counselling Coordinator, had his taxi cab with registration number AS 9759W smashed by the irate stude= nts who also looted the school kitchen and storeroom of some items. They included 22 cartons of milk, 19 boxes of Royco cubes, two baske= ts of fish (Keta school boys), four boxes of key soap, 28 boxes of tinned tomatoes and 22 mini gallons of cooking oil.

Meanwhile, Mr. Alex Kofi Kyeremeh, Techiman Municipal Chief Executiv= e, has called on students of the school to remain calm since the Municipal Assembly and the Municipal Security Council would institute en enquiry in= to the disturbances and an amicable solution found to their grievance. On a visit to the school campus, the MCE advised the students to avoi= d acts that would destroy school property and tarnish its image, saying the=

infrastructure provided in the school would not be beneficial if they cau= sed destruction to school property and disrupt academic work.

Mr. Kyeremeh asked the students to co-operate with a team that would= be set up soon to investigate the matter, and appealed to the school prefec= t, Emmanuel Fosu, to encourage colleagues who fled to nearby villages includ= ing Aworowa, Akrofrom and Krobo to return to campus. Superintendent Joseph Gyewu, Techiman Municipal Police Commander, warned the students against vandalizing school property, saying any culpr= its when caught would not be spared. Present during the interaction were The Reverend S. A. Amankwah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Education, Nana Appenteng Gyeabour Hansoahene and Bamuhene and some other stakeholders. 25 Jan 10