Led by the Asante Akyem Central Municipal Education Director, Mrs Patricia Sarpong, the delegation was sent by the Ashante Regional Education Director Madam Mary Owusu.The campus of Konongo Odumase SHS was thrown in a state of mourning on Saturday November 6, 2021 after five second year students ganged up to allegedly murder a first year student by name Larhan Sam’un.

A statement by police indicated that the juveniles who are currently facing court over the alleged murder went on a bullying spree on the said day after prep hourd leading to the attack on the deceased

The five juveniles are currently serving a one week remand at Juaso Juveniles Detention Center by the Konongo Odumase District Court.

Speaking to OTEC News Kwame Agyenim Boateng Mrs Patricia Sarpong said the delegation came to commiserate with the school and also get a full brief on the security situation in the facility

She added that, the members were also tasked to phsyche the students who appeard to have been traumatized by the unfortunate incident.

She urged the students to put the horror scenes behind them and rather focus on thier studies.

For his part, the headmaster of the school Dr Benjamin Kwaku Baah assured parents the safety of their wards
He pledged that the school’s management will fo their part to ensure that justice is observed.

Court remands suspects

The Konongo-Odumase District Court on Monday November 8, 2021 remanded five Senior High School students into a  juvenile detention center over an  alleged murder.

The juveniles who are  students of Konongo Odumase Senior High School are said to have killed a first year student, Larhan Sam-una with a kitchen knife on Saturday November 6, 2021.

The  Court presided over by Her Worship Joyce Bamfo , did not take the plea of the accused who are all second year student of the Konongo Odumase Senior High School.

hey  will  reappear on Monday day, November 15,2021.

What we know so far

The police over the weekend picked up the five students over the death of Larhan Samu’un, a first year male student of the same school, on Friday 5 November 2021.

The commander at the Konongo district police station, DSP Osei Adu Agyemang, said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had led other senior colleagues to bully first years on campus.

“These five suspects who are all in Form 2, ganged up and decided to go to House Three and then bully the first years. They first attacked and assaulted some of them. They further moved to the mini market on campus and grabbed another first year student and attempted to drag him away to molest him but he was rescued,” the commander said.

“This action infuriated Emmanuel Osei Frimpong [the key suspect] who went and attacked a first year student but was stopped by the deceased. Feeling angry, the suspect pulled out a small kitchen knife and stabbed the deceased without any provocation,” DSP Agyemang said.

The first year student sustained knife wounds at the lower left ribs and died at the Konongo Government Hospital, medics confirmed.

Stabbing incident unfortunate

The management of the school has described the incident as unfortunate but pledged to cooperate with the police to ensure that the perpetrators of the act are brought to book.

“I want to assure the public that the school will give its maximum support in the investigation of the case so that justice prevails,” the headmaster of the school, Dr Benjamin Kwaku Baah, said.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com