Eighteen people have been apprehended by the Police following a clash on the University of Ghana campus on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

The 18 were among aggrieved (past and present) students who stormed the University premises to protest Management’s silence on the school’s accommodation crisis.

Their protest follows an injunction on the implementation of the residential policy.

Recall that on January 6, 2023, secured an interim injunction against the implementation of the policy revoking the residential status of continuing students of both Mensah Sarbah and Commonwealth Halls.

However, management of the institution failed to heed to the court order.

The agitated students have accused the school authorities of contempt of court over their failure to adhere to the injunction.

The students became agitated and engaged in a standoff with the police, who had been called in to stop them from entering Commonwealth Hall.

Lamenting over the situation, one student indicated that a private hostel he was assigned due to the directive requires that he pays GHs4,000 which he cannot afford.

“I am one of the people who couldn’t pay… as we speak today, we have been sacked from those halls,” he said.

Meanwhile, calm has been restored on campus.

Source: The Independent Ghana