OKESS Second-Year Student Arrested After Being Found With Gun in His Dormitory

• A student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School has been arrested after a gun was found in his belongings
• The locally manufactured gun was found in the student's possession on the morning of Tuesday, May 14, 2025
• The arrested student claimed the gun belonged to his stepfather, who was subsequently arrested

A 16-year-old student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) has been arrested after a gun was found in his possession.

The second-year student was found with the gun after a routine dormitory search by school authorities on May 14.

Onua FM reported that the student was then arrested and is in police custody.

During police interrogation, the suspect claimed that the gun belonged to his stepfather who was subsequently arrested.

This incident comes after two students at Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School in Bantama in the Ashanti Region were wounded in a shooting incident on the school's campus on April 4, 2025.

A fellow student accidentally fired a gun he had brought to school leading to one of the students suffering a head wound.

Ashanti police make another weapons arrest

Police in the Ashanti Region also arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of arms and ammunition at Ahenkro in the Ashanti Region.

The suspects, Yaw Adu and Samando Dokurugu, alias Shapichino, were arrested on May 16, 2025, at the Ahenkro Lorry Station while riding a motorbike.

A search conducted on the suspects led to the retrieval of one Adler Tulpar Pump Action shotgun and three BB live cartridges from Samando Dokurugu.

The suspects are believed to be connected to recent incidents of night-time criminal activity in the area.

The police in a statement said both suspects are in custody and are assisting with ongoing investigations and will be arraigned before the court.

Concerns with violence in high schools

In September 2024, there was a violent incident at O’Reilly Senior High School in which a student was stabbed and killed by a fellow student.

The 18-year-old suspect, a Visual Arts student, was arrested and charged with murder following the incident.

The victim was identified as Edward Boketey Sackey, a General Arts student.

Following the incident, a video of a student of O'Reilly Senior High School showing off a machete sparked widespread condemnation in the wake of the stabbing.

The video showed the male student in uniform displaying the machete tucked into his shorts.

Suzzy Pinamang abroad for surgery after shooting

YEN.com.gh reported that the second-year student of Adventist Senior High School, Suzzy Adwoa Pinamang, is in the UK for surgery after her classmate accidentally shot her in the eye.

She was accompanied by her brother and Rafik Mahama, the special aide to Ghanaian business mogul Ibrahim Mahama.

President John Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim Mahama, is paying for the entire cost of Pinamang’s travel and medical treatment.

Doctors from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and Agarwal Eye Hospital in Accra assessed her and recommended that she travel abroad for specialist care.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh