File Photo: Demonstration
Officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), in collaboration with the Gushegu district police command, over the weekend foiled an attempted violent demonstration by students of the Gushegu Senior High School in the Northern Region.
The security agencies, who acted swiftly based on intelligence, averted what could have possibly been another violent and destructive protest by the aggrieved students.
The students, DAILY GUIDE gathered, prior to their long term vacation, wanted to go on demonstration following rumours that a number of them were to be expelled for poor academic performance.
The students also claimed they were unnecessarily brutalised by some teachers in the school and were therefore preparing to use the demonstration as a revolt.
Intelligence picked up by the security agencies revealed that the planned demonstration could have been worse than those of the three senior high schools which were recently closed down by the Ghana Education Service (GES), as the students were reportedly well armed to wreak havoc on lives and property.
It was gathered that they had singled out some particular teachers in the school to attack in the heat of the demonstration but their plot was uncovered by the security agencies.
BNI officials and the police met with the student body and appealed to their conscience on the need to drop the idea of demonstrating, pointing out that such an action would disrupt their academic calendar and affect them.
Officials of the school confirmed the foiled demonstration to DAILY GUIDE but failed to give more detail.
Meanwhile, 29 students from the Karaga Senior High School (SHS), Salaga T. I Ahmadiyya Senior High School (SHS) and Nalergu Senior High School (SHS), all in the Northern Region, have officially been charged for rioting and causing damage to school property.
The arrested students were believed to have led demonstrations on their various campuses which led to the closure of their schools on the instructions of the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service.
Two lives have so far been lost in the litany of demonstrations that greeted the region a fortnight ago.
