The Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare has arrived in Kumasi after Monday’s clash between the police and students of the Islamic Senior High School.
The visit is to help the IGP get first hand information on the incident that resulted in the firing of warning shots to disperse the protesting second cycle students.
A statement issued by the police said investigation has begun into the melee. Official account says some students and police personnel are on admission receiving medical care.
“On Monday, 13 June some students of the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region took to the streets and blocked the road to allegedly protest against the frequent accidents in front of their school,” the police said in a statement.
“The police managed to disperse the rioting students and calm has since been restored. Some students and some police officers have been taken to the hospital for medical attention,” it added.
Below is the full statement
Background
The police clashed with protesting students of the Islamic Senior High School on Monday (13 June) injuring dozens, eyewitnesses told Asaase News.
The students mounted roadblocks in protest of a speeding vehicle that knocked down a teacher of the school over the weekend.
The officers, according to eyewitnesses, reportedly fired warning shots before they could allow free flow of traffic on the Abrepo-Ampabame stretch in the Bantama Constituency of the Ashanti Region.
There was vehicular and human traffic on that stretch for more than an hour before the police were called in to clear the road, reports Jonathan Ofori, the Ashanti regional correspondent of Asaase News.
Academic work has been grounded as parents frequent the school to check on their wards, amid heavy security.
In an amateur video circulating on social media, students could be heard shouting: “We want justice, we need peace” as armed police men try to keep calm on campus.
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