Robbers reject cheques

The decision of the authorities of the Saint Louis Girls' Secondary School in Kumasi to insist on the use of financial instruments- notable cheques, bank drafts and postal orders for the payment of fees and other bills by students, has saved the school from losing millions of cedis to armed robbery.

A gang of three armed robbers, who stormed the school's accounts office in the early hours of Wednesday, stumbled on a pile of cheques, bank drafts and money orders worth millions of cedis but left them untouched, apparently aware that they could not be easily cashed.


In their disappointment, the robbers damaged a cabinet and drawers in the offices of the Assistant Accountant and the Bursar. Eventually, they had to make do with about ?2 million found in a drawer, according to the Ghanaian Times.


The amount was said to represent Parent/Teacher Association (PTA) dues and petty cash meant for certain transactions.

According to a police source, the robbers, who were armed with pistols, stormed the Administration Block at about 1.30am and after tying up the two night watchmen on duty, the robbers broke into the accounts.


One of the two watchmen who managed to free himself, alerted the headmistress who, in turn, informed the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) police.