Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, University Relations Officer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), said the university is aiding the police in their investigation into the incidents that led to the clash between the two competing halls, Katanga and Unity Hall.
According to Dr Bekoe, the entire university campus is networked and under CCTV surveillance, thus pertinent footage will be turned over to the police to expedite their investigations.
Speaking in an interview on Citi Breakfast Show, Dr Bekoe stated that the event yesterday destroyed about 9 staff cars and injured about 10 kids in varying degrees.
In response to the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council’s statement, which suggested that the council had picked up intelligence that some students were likely to engage in violence following a similar clash at the University of Ghana, Dr Bekoe stated that the university campus had long been declared a security zone, and thus the police presence could be seen days before the clash.
He assured parents and the entire public that the university campus was now peaceful.
“In the process, they destroyed about 9 vehicles belonging to staff. The police called for reinforcement and calm was restored. There were about ten or eleven students who sustained various injuries, and they were rushed to the university hospital for attention.”
“As we speak, we are helping the police commence investigation into this, and fortunately we have networked the whole campus.”
“Management did not anticipate that there would be this kind of violence on campus. For the past two to three weeks, there has been police presence on campus because this place was declared a security zone long ago by the Regional Security Council, so there has been police presence on campus,” he stated.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
