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The Northern Regional Police Command has commenced investigation into the alleged assault on the headmaster of Nyohini Junior High School Block B and two others in the Tamale Metropolis last Thursday by some unidentified men.
This comes three days after various teacher unions in the metropolis boycotted academic activities and petitioned the Metro Education Directorate and the police to ensure that the perpetrators are apprehended and punished.
The Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Baba Ananga, in an interview with the Daily Graphic said the headteacher reported the attack on his office to the police and they had since begun a manhunt for the suspects.
Tamale: Teachers boycott class after assault on headmaster LISTEN
FEB 2, 2021
Various Teacher unions in the Tamale metropolis have boycotted academic activities following an alleged assault on the headmaster of Nyohini JHS block B and two others last Thursday by some unidentified men.
According to the teachers, headteachers in the metropolis have received several threats on their lives whilst a few have been assaulted.
The teachers say they feel unsafe at work, and until authorities address their concerns, they will not go back to school.
The headteacher who was assaulted, Rev Lawrence Yiripari told
Citi News that, when men entered his house, “The quickly entered, held my smock and started slapping me. They didn’t greet me. I didn’t say anything to provoke them”.