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One student has been injured after having a run-in with the security officers on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday.
According to school authorities, 11 others were arrested after they were said to have engaged in what is described as ‘morale’ activities with some alumni on campus.
The public relations officer of KNUST, Kwame Yeboah, told Joy News ‘morale’ activities is one of the many activities the university has placed a ban on.
“When the policy of having female students in the all-male halls begun, the school authorities felt that the ‘morale’ activities, which involves singing in groups while moving about and doing other things could disturb the peace on campus,” he explained.
The PRO added, “usually when they have these activities it causes problems at the school.”
According to him, the students and the alumni, however, went ahead to engage in such activity and consequently blocked the entrances to the school and preventing students from entering the halls.
“The security at the school tried to stop the students but these students started to throw stones at the security officers,” Mr. Yeboah said.
The run-in with the security, he said, led to the arrest of the 11 students by security officers who were then handed over to the police.
The PRO confirmed that the injured student’s situation is not critical and the process is ongoing to grant the arrested students bail.
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