Three senior police officers interdicted over Islamic SHS disturbance
The students are said to have blocked the road in front of their school, in protest over frequent knockdowns due to the lack of speed ramps.
The police administration has interdicted three of its senior police officers after a clash with protesting students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi yesterday.
In a statement, it noted that the police handling of the situation was poor and fell below professional standards on crowd control.
“As a result, the Deputy Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mr. Kwasi Akomeah-Apraku, who was acting as Regional has been removed from his position and has been interdicted.
Two other officers, ACP Mr. George Ankomah, the Regional Operations Officer, and ACP Mr. Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame Divisional Police Commander have been also been interdicted to make way for a thorough investigation into the incident,” the statement said.
The disturbance, as reported led to the hospitalization of 38 students with various forms of injuries, after the policemen deployed to the scene were said to have fired tear gas at them.
The students are said to have blocked the road in front of their school, in protest over frequent knockdowns due to the lack of speed ramps.
