Three suspects have been taken into custody in relation to the violent disturbances that disrupted the District Schools Athletics Games in Agona Swedru.
The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed the arrests.
The detentions follow a disturbing confrontation on Thursday, 19th February 2026, resulting in several students being hospitalised and sending shockwaves throughout the regional academic community.
Although the identities of the suspects remain undisclosed, Regional Director Dr Juliette Dufie Otami stated that they are currently in custody, assisting with ongoing investigations.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister for Education Dr Clement Abas Apaak has stated that the culprits and perpetrators of the students’ hooliganism in the Central region “can expect the most severe sanctions.”
This comes on the report of a physical hostility between a student of Obrachire Senior High Technical School and students from the Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS) during this year’s district inter-schools athletics competition in Agona Swedru.
“Consequently, the culprits and perpetrators can expect the most severe sanctions,” the lawmaker stated in the Facebook post on Monday, February 23, 2026.
“The Director General of GES has since been directed to investigate the matter. Accordingly, he will meet with the Central Regional Director of GES, the district directors of GES in whose jurisdictions the schools are located, and the heads of the said schools this morning, at 10 am [23rd February 2026] at the GES headquarters in Accra.
“Even as we await the report from the Director General of the GES, let me state that the Minister for Education and I take a very serious view of these acts of violence,” Dr Apaak stated.
