Kumasi: Police deny assaulting SHS students
The students on Monday demonstrated against the refusal of the school officials to allow them to go on a mid-term holiday.
The police in the Ashanti Region have dismissed reports suggesting they assaulted some students of the Kumasi Girls Senior High School and St Louis Senior High School on Monday (19 July) following agitation at the two schools.
The students on Monday demonstrated against the refusal of the school officials to allow them to go on a mid-term holiday destroying properties in the process.
A statement issued by the police said the stories and videos being circulated on social media about the incidents are false and a fabrication to bring the police service into disrepute.
“The Ashanti Regional Police Command has monitored the media space and taken note of reports published by a number of media houses accusing the police and the military of assaulting students of Kumasi Girls SHS on the night of 19 July 2021. The reports are unfortunate, false and a fabrication.
“It will be recalled that on the night of 19 July 2021, at around 21:00 hrs, Police received a complaint from the headmistress of Kumasi Girls SHS that the students were demonstrating and were destroying school property. The Bohyen Police District and Suame Police Division responded to the incident. At about the same time students of St Louis SHS had also started agitating and the KNUST Police District and Manhyia Police Division also responded to that incident,” the statement said.
The police has refuted claims suggesting the military were also deployed to bring the situation under control.
“It is also untrue that the military was involved in bringing the situation under control. The only military officers who were present at Kumasi Girls Secondary School were part of a joint patrol team who were close to the school and had gone there to verify what was happening.”
Below is the full statement:
Source: Asaaseradio.com
