Adisadel College Assault: Blame GES, management-Security Policy Expert

A Security Policy Expert, at the Center for Security Dialogue and Peace Advocacy has blamed (GES) and the Management Board of Adisadel College.

Security Policy Expert, Anthony Acquaye

According to Anthony Acquaye these two entities failed to implement adequate security protocols to safeguard the students involved.

A viral video captured a student of Adisadel College viciously assaulting his fellow student, by locking his arm around his neck and causing his victim to hit his head against a metal bed.

This caused harm to the victim leading one side of his face severely injured

This security expert in a statement dated July 25th, 2023, indicated that the act by the student goes beyond mere bullying, to what he labelled as a clear act of terrorism.

“Genuinely, the barbaric act of assault that has occurred in Adisadel College has truly exposed many impunities happening in the various level of our institutions.

“This act, captured in the video footage, that has gone viral is beyond the word bullying this is clear terrorism.

“This is a clear act of terrorism and must be blamed on the head of Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Adisadel College Management Board for falling to put in place, security policy protocols or measures to determine, detect, deny, delay and prevent such unfortunate acts by students,” parts of statement reqd.

According to Acquaye, the response such incidents rests on the institutions themselves, as they have not taken appropriate measures to prevent and address such acts among students.

He stressed that educational institutions must consider students’ safety and security as paramount, particularly in the context of the rising global threat of terrorism.

“It is very unfortunate, that our institutions are used to the old mechanism of protecting students and its properties, which is absolutely wrong, considering the new unfolding threat of human behaviour, ” the statement continued.

“For this reason, there is a need for our institutions to adopt modern strategies for preventing some of these horrible occurrences by having a Security Policy Document that spells out all the necessary strategies in managing threats or risks identified, ensuring effective command and control of students,” the expert explained.

He urged the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident am impose appropriate disciplinary actions as stipulated by law. This, he believes, will serve as a deterrent to future students who might consider engaging in such violent acts.

“Inasmuch as I condemn the act, I deem it important to clearly state, that this behaviour the student is criminal and must not just be handed at the school Management level, but call for an investigation by the criminal investigative department of Ghana Police to establish the root cause of the act and sanction the perpetrator with the appropriate disciplinary action as stipulated by the law to serve as deterrence to many other students in the future,” the statement added.