The three students of the Swedru School of Business, in connection with the assault of a student at Obrachire Senior High Technical School, are expected to appear in court in the coming days. They were arrested by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, February 23.

The suspects, Joseph Amoh, 20; Benedict Appiah, 18; and Bilal Mamud, 18, allegedly pelted stones at the victim, identified as Fiadzigbe, during a district inter-schools athletics competition on the same day.

Fiadzigbe has since suffered a broken tooth and multiple facial injuries following the assault. In a video that has gone viral, the trio was seen attacking the student for reasons best known to them.

However, Fiadzigbe has maintained that he did nothing to incur the cruel treatment by his fellow students.

Narrating the circumstances surrounding the incident, Fiadzigbe noted, “They threw a stone at me when I was looking for a place to sit so that I could use the medicine on my eye. I didn’t do anything. I was just standing there.”

“When I turned, I saw my colleagues running, but I didn’t know what was happening. By the time I realised, the stones came to hit me.”

Prior to this development, the Ghana Police Service on Monday gave the management of Swedru School of Business a 24-hour ultimatum to produce the students who had allegedly committed the crime. Speaking to the media, the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Lydia Yaako Donkor, warned that the Service would go to all lengths to ensure their arrests.

“If you fail to produce them, we are going to adopt means to produce these suspects. This is because what we are seeing is not an act of indiscipline, it is a criminal act, and I do not want to storm this school in my name.

“As law enforcement, when incidents of this nature occur, we have to investigate and arrest. We have a number of ways by which we can make the arrest. But because this is a school environment, we are not going to adopt one of those means. That is why I am giving you, as a school authority, that responsibility to produce them,” she said.

But in a press statement issued today, the police indicated that, “About 9:00 pm of the same day, the authorities of Swedru School of Business brought to the Swedru Divisional Police Command three suspects, all students in the aforementioned school.”

Meanwhile, the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education have condemned the violence, calling for those responsible to face the full rigours of the law.

The Ghana Education Service Central Regional Directorate has further suspended all zonal inter-school sporting activities among Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) in the region, to allow a thorough probe into the matter.

Violence during inter-schools athletics competition has become a norm in Ghana, recently, the Ghana Education Service slapped a two-year ban on three Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region over acts of hooliganism.

The schools include the Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH), New Juaben Senior High School (NJUSCO), and Nsutam Senior High Technical School (NSUTECH). Until 2028, these schools will not be allowed to participate in all sports and related co-curricular activities.

This comes after stakeholders' investigations proved that these schools were involved in hooliganism during the just-ended Regional Super Zonal Sports Competition.

In a letter dated February 11, 2026, the Eastern Regional Education Directorate stated the joint expression of regret by the affected schools' sports executives and school authorities following the chaos that happened during the zonal games on February 4 and 6, 2026.

“Koforidua Senior High Technical School (Sectech), New Juaben Senior High School (Njuasco), New Nsutam Senior High Technical School (Nsutech).

The Management of Eastern Regional Education Directorate and the Regional 2 Cycle Schools' Sports Executives express their displeasure in the recent incidents before, during, and after the Regional Super Zonal Sports (Games) Competition,” parts of the statement said.

It continued that their students, during the regional games, violated some provisions that guide the conduct of students as far as GES laws are concerned.

It said, “in accordance with the Ghana Education Service Code of Conduct (2.17 Physical and Psychological Violence) and the Eastern Region Schools and Colleges Sports Association (ERSCSA) Code of Discipline: ARTICLE VII (Disturbances/Riots/Hooliganisms) and ARTICLE VIII (Sanctions/Punishments), the students in your school were found engaging in acts of hooliganism which are unacceptable and contradicts to the rule of discipline in GES.”

This section prohibits any acts of physical assault, intimidation, bullying, or psychological abuse among students, stressing that violence, whether physical (fighting, attacking, causing injury) or psychological (harassment, threats, humiliation), is a serious breach of discipline.

The penalties for violations under Article VII. Sanctions include:Suspension or banning of schools from sports and extracurricular activities. Withdrawal of privileges such as hosting or participating in competitions.

Additional disciplinary measures imposed by GES or the regional sports association. The severity of punishment depends on the gravity of the offence, with repeat or violent incidents attracting harsher sanctions.

In addition, the affected schools have been directed to pay a GHC 500 fine and be charged for any damage caused to any property or individual, or injury that was caused.

GES said, “…….liable to a fine of Five hundred Ghana cedis (GhC500.00). b. surcharged to pay for the cost of any damage/injury to Property or Individual, which shall be determined by a Committee based on the extent of the damage/injury,” urging authorities of the affected schools to caution all their students, both old and new, to avoid further sanctions.

“Please ensure that your students, staff, old students and other supporters adhere to all rules and regulations governing GES and ERSCSA to avoid any further disciplinary actions. Management counts on your cooperation,” GES added.

The ban by the GES comes barely a week after a student of Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH) was hospitalised and given medical care after a violent attack by some Form Two students of New Juaben Senior High School during a clash at the Eastern Regional Inter-Schools Sports Festival in Koforidua.

According to reports, the victim, identified as Jerome Appiah, was eating waakye on his way to campus when the Juaben students attacked him with a machete, leaving him with a deep wound to the shoulder and bleeding profusely.

This prompted fears of reprisal attacks and heightened security concerns. Police intervened and quickly ushered Jerome to the Eastern Regional Hospital, where he was receiving treatment and was said to be in stable condition.

To prevent an escalation, the Headmaster of Koforidua SECTECH, Emmanuel Frimpong Benjabeng, joined by other teachers, rushed to the Koforidua Youth Resource Centre, where the inter-schools sports festival was being held.

However, while the headmaster was in an engagement with the New Juaben South Municipal Education Director, Mustapha Haruna Appiah, he was informed that further disturbances had broken out, forcing him to leave the meeting abruptly.

Later, it emerged that a teacher of SECTECH, Henry Kudiabor, had also sustained a head injury after being struck by a flying stone during clashes involving students of Nsutam Senior High Technical School, who were allegedly pelting stones.

The New Juaben South Municipal Education Director, Mustapha Haruna Appiah, expressed concern over the recurring violence and called on the police and event organisers to investigate the incident thoroughly and tighten security to prevent further attacks.

This added to a worrying trend of rising indiscipline and violent confrontations among students in Ghanaian schools, particularly second-cycle schools nationwide.

Last year was marked by at least five major violent incidents recorded between January and July 2025, from Kinbu’s teacher assault to Nalerigu’s fatal shootings.