Sefwi: Police arrest matron and cook over alleged theft of students’ food at SHS

Two staff members at one of the STEM senior high school (SHS) at Awaso in the Western North Region have been arrested by the police over a suspected theft of large amounts of food meant for students on December 23, 2025, following intelligence received by the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive on the night of December 22, 2025.

The police said further investigations shows that Bennedicta Nyamadi, a matron, and Rahel Kyeremateng, a cook were acting together to remove the items from the food store of the (SHS) school so that they will keep them at the residence of Kyeremateng intending to sell them at a later time.

The items which was retrieved included  40 large tins of tomato paste, four cartons of milk, six gallons of cooking oil, and 54 tins of canned mackerel, C21 bags of rice weighing 50 kilogrammes each, four sacks of gari, two sacks of maize, one and a half bags of millet, one bag of sugar, three bags of beans.

 

Police said the total value of the items is yet to be determined. In the course of questioning, Kyeremateng said Nyamadi was the source of the food items. Due to that Nyamadi’was arrested at the school premises.

The police stated that they are searching for Hannah Dufie, who is an assistant matron and this is because she is believed to have been involved but currently on the run.

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