The Cyber Security Unit of the Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Kade Police, has confirmed the arrest of five suspects linked to the assault of a teacher at Kade Senior High Technical School, Michael Quayson, in the Kwaebibirim Municipality.

The suspects, some of whom are former and final-year students, attacked the teacher, Mr Quayson, on October 5 last year. They ambushed and beat him outside the school premises while he was invigilating the WASSCE examination and strictly enforcing the rules. The students slapped and struck him, allegedly using sticks and tree branches, while others recorded the attack.

Earlier reports suggested that the suspects had been allowed to go free after the teacher accepted an out-of-court settlement, agreeing not to press charges after allegedly being compensated.

However, the suspects were apprehended on Monday, January 5, 2026, after reportedly travelling from Accra to Kade.

Awoonor Yevu Godwin, Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), confirmed the arrests to Accra-based Citi News, adding that the suspects are expected to be arraigned before the Kade Circuit Court on Wednesday morning.

Their arrest comes at a time when President Mahama has pledged his support to teachers in their fight against rising attacks, which he attributes to what he describes as students’ sense of entitlement.

Speaking on Monday, January 5, 2026, while addressing the Delegates Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in Accra, President Mahama highlighted the need for the students to be prosecuted and not allowed to go scot-free. He described such acts as criminal and slammed the conduct of the students as an audacious “sense of entitlement”.

“Disciplinary action. I saw that video of, I think, a math teacher being beaten because, when he was invigilating, he refused to allow our children to cheat. They had a sense of entitlement and asked, ‘Why did you not allow us to cheat?’ I mean, how is that? This is assault. It’s criminal,” the President said.

President Mahama also expressed his displeasure over the case being settled outside the legal process.

“The unfortunate thing is that the matter went to the police station, and the parents of the students went to the police and said they had settled the matter amicably. But when we inquired, the police also said that the teacher was compensated, so he didn’t want to press charges anymore,” he added.

He recommended that the students should at least have been booked and taken through the legal process.

“At the very least, they should have been bonded to be of good behaviour for a period of time. Then we would believe that justice had been done,” he said.

According to him, this would have served as a deterrent to others, warning that merely paying compensation encourages similar behaviour.

“But just for parents to come and pay a little compensation will encourage others to do the same. And so, as for assaults on teachers, I am with you 100 per cent. We will deal with it,” he stated.