Forty-three students who were involved in a recent riot at the Krobea Asante Technical Institute have been granted bail to a tune of GH₵86,000. The Asokore Mampong District Court on Thursday, February 2, 2023, granted 43 rioting students of the Krobea Asante Vocational Training Institute a bail of two thousand cedis (GH¢2,000) each with one surety to be justified by parents or guardians.The court presided over by H.W.

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Samuel Buabin Quansah also ordered the students to sign bonds and report to the Effiduase-Asokore Police Station with their parents or guardians once every week.The student suspects have been slapped with provisional charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit: rioting, causing unlawful damage, and stealing.

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Police in the Effiduase district command arrested the senior prefect of Asante Kroabea T-VET and three others, thereby increasing the number of suspects to 43.The case has been adjourned to March 2, 2023.The students were arrested during a violent demonstration that resulted in the destruction of properties belonging to the school and other private individuals on campus.

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The January 22 incident forced the Ashanti Regional Security Council to order the immediate closure of the school.

five-member committee has also been tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the violence.Source: Ghanaweb

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