{"id":90086,"date":"2015-02-09T18:48:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T18:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=90086"},"modified":"2015-02-09T19:01:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T19:01:38","slug":"3-police-officers-arrested-over-st-pauls-students-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=90086","title":{"rendered":"3 Police officers arrested over St Paul\u2019s student\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Police have arrested three of its officers\u00a0who were allegedly involved in the shooting incident at the St Paul’s Senior High School \u00a0in the Volta Region which lead to the death of a 17-year old student<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>of the school.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”MuZ7e6vIpE6lCGFwT9xz7Fs7EWa7eP3s”]Adio Rahkib Yushau Turawah was allegedly shot by one of the officers\u00a0who were sent to the school to maintain law and order after the students rioted over sexual act between two of the male students<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

However, the Police allegedly shot one of the students in the process killing him instantly.<\/p>\n

According to an\u00a0autopsy report<\/strong><\/a>,<\/span> Rakhib was hit by \u201ca high velocity gunshot\u201d which “penetrated and fractured his skull leading to his death.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, speaking on Eyewitness News, <\/strong>the Volta Regional Police Commander, ACP Peterkin Yentumi Gyinae confirmed that three of it’s personnel have been arrested and sent to their National Headquarters in Accra to aid in investigations, but failed to disclose their names.<\/p>\n

He insisted that the personnel were on patrol in the area and were called to quickly rush to the school to restore peace adding that \u201cthey were not organized to go there carrying arms,\u201d as being speculated.<\/p>\n

\"ST<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were rather on patrols in the town and the officer felt that in the interim they could quickly \u00a0ensure that the information they had that some people were about to be lynched is prevented. So it\u2019s not as if they had the information and they organized them and armed them to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that \u00a0the \u201cIGP himself has assured of in-depth investigation” into the matter “to the extent that he ordered them to be arrested immediately that very dawn and brought to Ho and detained. As of now, they have been taken to Accra and investigation ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The St Paul\u2019s Senior High School has been closed down<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t become trigger happy \u2013 Ghana Police<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ghana Police Service has dismissed assertions that some of its personnel are just\u00a0trigger happy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>officers who use of live bullets when even there are no\u00a0threats to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t say that some of our colleagues are becoming trigger happy,\u201d said the Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent Cephas Arthur.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking for the reason why there should be a fire arm discharge, we are looking for why fire arms were carried to such an occasion, we are looking to establish the appropriateness or otherwise of discharging fire arms at such a place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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