Alleged Robbery and Assault on Adisadel College Student: The Ghana Police Service Confirms the Arrest of Six Juvenile Suspects.
Alleged Robbery and Assault on Adisadel College Student: The Ghana Police Service Confirms the Arrest of Six Juvenile Suspects.
Ghana Police Service confirms the arrest of six juvenile suspects over the alleged assault and robbery of an Adisadel College final-year student following the inter-colleges sports festival in Cape Coast.
On 20/02/2026 at 7:30 pm, the School Authorities of the Aggrey Memorial Senior High School, Cape Coast brought to the Kotokuraba Police Station six juvenile offenders namely; Samuel Ankuri, aged 13, Gad Akologo, aged 17, Lartey Jasse, aged 17, Scott Okyere, aged 16, Lord Yamoah, aged 16 and Jerome Appiah Toku, aged 17 who are all students of the above named School and reported that, on 20/02/2026 about 3:30 pm same day, the juvenile offenders attacked and assaulted Rexford Owusu-Ansah, a final year student of Adisadel College at Pedu Junction.
On receipt of the complaint, the juvenile suspects were arrested and detained to assist with the investigation.
Initial Police enquiry revealed that, on the final day of the inter-school sports festival at the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday, February 20th, 2026, the victim was coming out from the stadium to return to campus with two of his friends, and the Aggrey Memorial Students asked them if they attended Adisadel College and attacked them right after. His two other friends managed to escape, but unfortunately, he was caught, and was kicked onto the floor and beaten mercilessly, and they took his iPhone 17 Pro Max, his pocket money of about GH¢ 1,400 Cedis, and his shoes.
He was rushed to the stadium clinic and was later referred to the Cape Coast Regional Hospital. He was discharged on Sunday, February 22nd, 2026.
His two friends who escaped the assault confirmed they can identify the Aggrey Memorial students who attacked him.
The police medical form that was endorsed by a medical doctor showed a fractured nerve bone in his right eye, and he cannot open it up, and the eyeball seems to be falling out.
The Central Regional Police Command strongly condemns the violence and assures the public that due process will be followed as the juvenile offenders will face the full rigours of the law, even as investigations are ongoing, with authorities assuring the public that due process will be followed.
