The Obuasi Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has ordered the immediate closure of Obuasi Secondary Technical School( SHTS) following a violent student riot that left the headmaster critically injured.
Six students have been arrested in connection with the attack.
The Headmaster, Abdullai Zakaria, sustained severe head injuries when a section of the student body attacked him with cutlasses over rumours that he had secretly buried an infant on the school premises.
Zakaria was initially rushed to the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital in Obuasi before being transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi for advanced emergency treatment.
Speaking on Ghanakoma morning show on Akoma 87.9fm in Kumasi with Sir John, the Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Faustilove Appiah Kannin, announced the shutdown following an emergency security meeting at the school campus.
She confirmed that authorities are completed a mandatory roll call before all students were sent home to allow security agencies to conduct a thorough probe.
She said calm has returned to the campus and Obuasi community the students destroyed a vehicle and school properties.
She said violence extended to widespread vandalism across the campus, including severe damage to school property and the destruction of the headmaster’s private vehicle.
Heavy police personnel have been deployed to the school, successfully restoring order, though all academic activities remain suspended indefinitely.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an investigation into both the brutal assault and vandalism, as well as the initial infanticide allegations that triggered the violence.
Obuasi SHTS Headmaster hospitalised after attack by students over infanticide allegations
By Benjamin Aidoo
