{"id":171222,"date":"2015-12-01T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T20:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=171222"},"modified":"2015-12-01T20:27:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T20:27:46","slug":"ho-poly-students-cry-for-better-security-following-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/ho-poly-students-cry-for-better-security-following-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Poly students cry for better security following murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some students at Ho Polytechnic have called on authorities of the school to, as a matter of urgency, increase security on the campus following the gruesome murder of a student on Monday 30th<\/sup>November.<\/p>\n The deceased, Miss Naomi Kpodzro, a first year fashion student of the school was attacked by an unidentified assailant in her room on Monday<\/span> dawn.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”o03HOYFSPDdsPu4RVEWiQQqLeeSuH9Bh”]Some students who spoke to Citi News said they are gripped with fear after the dreadful attack which led to death of their a student.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have never experienced anything of this sort before. We were scared especially seeing the lady on the floor. And you know we are all ladies\u201d they said<\/p>\n They said prior to tragedy, there were pockets of incidents where students were attacked by robbers who made away with their laptop and other valuables.<\/p>\n They are however calling on the school authority to as a matter of urgency increase surveillance on campus to avert future occurrence of such incidents.<\/p>\n Meanwhile Management of Ho Polytechnic has since been taking steps to allay the fears of students and residents in the polytechnic community.<\/p>\n In a statement issued by the register of the Polytechnic Dr Christopher Amehoe, the polytechnic in collaboration with the Ghana police service have beefed up security at the Divine Star hostel.<\/p>\n There are also a series of counselling sessions underway for traumatized students.<\/p>\n The statement further extended management\u2019s condolence to the bereaved family and reassured them of polytechnic\u2019s support throughout the period.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: King Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some students at Ho Polytechnic have called on authorities of the school to, as a matter of urgency, increase security on the campus following the gruesome murder of a student on Monday 30thNovember. The deceased, Miss Naomi Kpodzro, a first year fashion student of the school was attacked by an unidentified assailant in her room […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":170854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"yoast_head":"\n