Ashanti Super Zonals: Six students from the Islamic Senior High School arrested for alleged violence.
Ashanti Super Zonals: Six students from the Islamic Senior High School arrested for alleged violence.
Six students from the Islamic Senior High School have been arrested for allegedly stoning students of Kumasi High School at the Ashanti Regional Super Zonals event at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Speaking to Citi News in Kumasi, Samuel Otto, the Chief Coordinator who doubles as the Public Relations Officer for the Ashanti Regional Sports Federation, confirmed the students are in police custody.
He also disclosed that some individuals who tried to steal students’ belongings while watching the event have been arrested and are being held at the Asokwa Police station.
Mr. Otto assured that the event would be successful, considering the security measures in place.
“As we said yesterday, the police were more active. They arrested six Islamic SHS students who were stoning others, and in the course of that, the BNI people got in and quickly rushed in, and the police arrested them.
“Apart from that, those who came to the stadium to watch the event and tried to take away the belongings of the students, some of them were also arrested, and the police sent them to the Asokwa police station.
“Things went on well yesterday, and we are expecting the same thing today, and we hope to have a successful event.”
