The local D /A Basic School at Bokankye in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of Ashanti Region has been closed down.
The closure is at the instance of Otumfuo Akyeamehene’s Akyeame, Nana Yaw Poku of Bokankye and the people in the area, in consultation with the Ashanti Regional Ghana Education Service (GES).
The order comes at the heels of threats to the lives of the residents, including pupils, by land guards in the area.
Nana Yaw Poku claimed the land guards have been engaged by a known chief to take over a section of acres of land near Owabi, without proper documentations as a result of which the
Land guards stormed the community, ordering residents to flee if they value their lives.
The Assistant Headmaster of Bokankye D/A Basic School, Mr. Francis Karikari, confirming the closure of the school said the land guards fired gun shots causing fear and panic among the school pupils and authorities, hence the call for interim closure of the school to avert danger to the lives of the school children.
