Four students of Comboni Vocational Technical School (Comvotech) have been arrested by the Sogakofe District Police Command for destroying the main gate and sliding glasses of Sogakope Senior High School (SOGASCO), in the South Tongu District.
Mr Newman Dziedzoave, the Headmaster of SOGASCO, confirmed that four students were picked up by the police in connection with the trouble, but said calm has been restored
He said that “others are on the run. So, the four who have been picked and are assisting the police with investigation, together with four additional town boys, who happened to be old students of Comvotech, who we suspect were hired to assist them.”
Mr Dziedzoave mentioned that a classroom block was destroyed, explaining that the feud between the two schools started when a student of SOGASCO was admitted to Comboni Hospital a few weeks ago.
“About two weeks ago, a student of ours fell sick, and then one of the officers in the cadet took him to Comboni Hospital. At the hospital, he came out to buy something at the hospital gate for his colleague, who was inside the yard. So, when he came out, three Comvotech students accosted him that he should tuck in his shirt.”
The headmaster explained that the SOGASCO student declined saying that he was also a senior in another school, and that they (Comvotech) students did not have any authority to ask him (victim) to tuck in his shirt.
Mr Dziedzoave said the SOGASCO student was threatened and after sensing danger, he complied and knelt.
The headmaster narrated that “whilst kneeling, they took videos of him and posted it on their platform that they have conquered SOGASCO.”
Mr Dziedzoave said on March 6, when Comvotech sudents came for the independence anniversary parade, SOGASCO students also asked Comvotech students to tuck in their shirts.
He said the Comvotech students refused to comply with the order, resulting in chaos, and the students threw stones at each other.
Mr Dziedzoave mentioned that in the process, a driver of Comvotech was hurt and taken to the hospital.
The Sogakope District Police Command confirmed that that the four students were in police custody assisting in investigation. —GNA
