An old student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Daniel Osei Bonsu, and a Level-200 student, Francis Tutu Atuahene, have been remanded into police custody by the Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court for their alleged involvement in a violent clash on the university campus.
The ongoing police investigation into the rioting at the KNUST led to the arrest of the two suspects.
Both suspects, Francis Tutu Atuahene, alias Aroma, and Daniel Osei Bonsu, alias Saint, were allegedly captured in a video with others holding offensive weapons and destroying properties on the university campus.
The two were arraigned before the Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court, and remanded into police custody to reappear on September 8, 2022.
According to the police, three persons have been arrested, and investigation is still ongoing to get other perpetrators arrested.
KANTA-CONTI clash
Some rampaging students of the KNUST’s University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Continental) on Thursday, August 18, 2022 vandalised cars parked in front of the Continental Hall whereas other properties were damaged in the clash.
It is believed that attempts by students of Unity Hall to restrain their colleagues from the University Hall from using their frontage in a procession resulted in the incident.
According to reports, order was restored after police reinforcements secured the scene and drove out the rowdy protesters.
According to the University’s Executive Committee, the clash resulted in eleven people sustaining minor injuries, whilst about nine cars got damaged.
The KNUST Executive Committee obtained CCTV footages from the school’s campus and commenced investigations into the incident.
They called on the Ashanti Regional Police Command to swiftly investigate the matter. Consequently, management of the university has suspended all Hall Week celebrations as well as the SRC week celebration activities.
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