The Ghana Police Service has taken six students of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School into custody over the alleged assault and robbery of a final-year student of Adisadel College during inter-colleges sports in Cape Coast.
The victim, Rexford Owusu-Ansah, was attacked on the final day of the festival at the Cape Coast Stadium on February 20 and robbed of his mobile phone and GH¢1,400.
According to a police statement, preliminary enquiries revealed that on February 20, 2026 — the final day of the inter-colleges sports festival — the victim, in the company of two friends, was leaving the stadium to return to campus when they were approached by a group of students who attacked them. The two friends managed to escape, but Owusu-Ansah was caught, kicked and beaten mercilessly. His shoes were also stolen.
Owusu-Ansah was rushed to the stadium clinic and later discharged on February 22, 2026.
An endorsed police medical form showed a fractured nerve bone around his right eye, which he was unable to open, with the eyeball appearing displaced.
Following the incident, the two friends of the victim identified the attackers. Later that same day, at about 7:30 p.m., authorities of Aggrey Memorial presented six students — all juveniles — to the Kotokuraba Police Station. They are Samuel Ankiru (13), Gad Akologo (17), Lartey Jasse (17), Scott Okyere (16), Lord Yamoah (16), and Jerome Appiah Toku (17).
Police say investigations are ongoing and the suspects will be made to face the full rigours of the law.
In a related development, the Ghana Police Service has disclosed the identities of three students caught on video in connection with the assault on a student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School during the District Schools Athletics Games in Agona Swedru.
Following an engagement between the CID Director-General, Lydia Yaako Donkor, and the management of Swedru School of Business, school authorities presented three students captured in the viral video to the Swedru Divisional Police Command.
The suspects — Joseph Amoh (20), Benedict Appiah (18) and Bilal Mahmud (18) — have been arrested and are expected to be put before court.
The incidents have triggered public outrage and renewed concerns about rising violence at school sporting events. While some have called for the return of corporal punishment, the Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies, Peter Partey Anti, says the solution must go beyond punishment. He is urging stronger supervision at competitions, counselling support for students and consistent sanctions to deter repeat offences.
