The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three students of Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS) in Agona Swedru over the assault of a student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School during a district inter-schools athletics competition.
The suspects – Joseph Amoh, 20; Benedict Appiah, 18; and Bilal Mamud, 18, are expected to be brought before court.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, February 24, the Central Regional Police Command said the arrests came after top-level discussions between the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, and the management of SWESBUS. The school’s authorities subsequently handed the three suspects over to the Swedru Divisional Police Command at around 9:00 pm that same day.
The victim, Akpekakovi Fiadzigbe, suffered a broken tooth and multiple facial injuries after students from SWESBUS pelted him with stones during the athletics competition. A video of the attack circulated widely on social media, showing the suspects hurling stones at him, stepping on his neck, and fleeing the scene.
The Central Regional Police Command condemned the conduct of the suspects and warned students and the general public against violence that endangers safety in educational settings.