The incident over the weekend, which nearly marred the school’s matriculation of freshers ensued after a member of the Commonwealth Hall allegedly manhandled a member of Mensah Sarbah Hall.

Members from both halls pelted stones at each other resulting in the destruction of a parked Toyota Corolla vehicle on campus.

Two other cars including that of a senior member of staff, were also vandalized in the process.

It took the timely intervention of the police and some security officials on campus to bring the situation under control.

The Head of Public Affairs of the school, Stella Amoah, in an interview with Citi News described the incident as “unfortunate”.

She said, “The Vice Chancellor delivered an address at the ceremony and made mention of that unfortunate happening. He said that the university will investigate the matter and anyone found culpable will have to go through the sanctions that the university has for such behaviour.”

She added that, the Vice Chancellor has tasked the Dean of Students Affairs to set up a committee that will look into the matter and come out with a report on details of the happening before a decision is taken on what action to take.

The incident was the second of such clashes to have happened between the residents of Commonwealth Hall and Mensah Sarbah Hall, who are viewed as arch-rivals.

Such clashes usually occur when residents of rival halls escort freshers from their respective halls to the matriculation venue. Stella Amoah revealed that, the school will be compelled to ban the ritual of accompanying freshers if such violent attacks persist.

She said such clashes hurt the enviable image of the university hence the university will take punitive measures against the perpetrators to guard its image.

The University of Ghana was currently ranked as the 7th best university in Africa and the best in West Africa and Ghana.

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The clashes were between students of Commonwealth hall and Mensah-Sarbah hall.

According to eyewitnesses, the clashes began when a member of Mensah-Sarbah was attacked by Commonwealth boys which led to a retaliatory reaction from the Mensah-Sarbah camp.

Reports indicate that the procession of some level 100 students to the Matriculation ground was ongoing when students began throwing stones.

According to Citi News’ sources, commonwealth is accusing Sarbah of inviting ‘Katangas’ to reinforce their base in anticipation of a clash.”

The commonwealth hall camp were clad in red while their arch rivals  sarbah hall were clad in black.

The two camps fired musketry amid chanting war songs. They also wielded broken seats, stones, slabs.

A  vehicle was also set ablaze in the process.

Police and Fire service personnel eventually arrived on the scene, in front of Mensah-Sarbah hall, to calm tensions and prevent an escalation of the clashes.The fire in the burning car was also put out.

Police presence has currently been deployed to reinforce security in the school.

Commonwealth, Sarbah hall rivalry 

There is a long standing rivalry between the two traditional halls which is demonstrated in sportsmanship and academics.

This however turns bitter and sometimes bloody on occasions like matriculation. Last year, similar attacks occured.

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