Student held for threatening housemaster

A 21-year-old student of the Bolgatanga Secondary School (BOSS), who was withdrawn for his poor academic performance, has been placed in police custody for threatening the Senior Housemaster with death.

The suspect, Ibrahim Noel, should have been in SSS 3 but did not understand why the school's Academic Board should withdraw him for performing poorly in the End-of-Term promotion examinations.

He took offence and went to confront the Senior Housemaster, Mr James Bugbila, in his bungalow. When he did not meet Mr Bugbila, the suspect left a note and one round of ammunition on a table in the Senior Housemaster's hall and left.

Source however said that the suspect returned with two of his friends to Mr Bugbila who was then on his corn farm with his son and ordered him to write a letter rescinding the academic board decision on his withdrawal.

Whilst there, one of his friends called the Senior Housemaster's son aside and hinted him that the suspect was armed with a pistol and advised that his father should handle him with caution.

The Senior Housemaster after receiving the information, from his son, asked the suspect to wait for him in his bungalow so that he would come and write the letter, which the suspect obliged.

A report was immediately made to the police leading to the arrest of the suspect in the bungalow. When the police conducted a search on Noel, they found three rounds of ammunition.