The auditor from the Regional office of the Ghana Education Service, a driver and the bursar of the Peki Senior High School have since been invited by the police as part of the investigations into the bribery allegation.
The driver was the first to have been arrested whilst he was driving a pickup vehicle loaded with foodstuff, meant for students of the Peki SHS, to the home of the auditor.
The driver was said to have been dispatched by the school authorities to send the foodstuff to home of the auditor to allegedly bribe him.
According to the PRO of the Volta Regional Police Command, Corporal Prince Dogbatse, the driver of the vehicle was the first suspect to be arrested, after a taskforce led by the Deputy Regional Minister, Rev Johnson Avuletey intercepted him around Sokode en route to the auditor’s house in Ho.
He said the two other suspects, the bursar and the auditor both turned themselves in after the news broke.
“Currently we have the driver, who is the initial suspect we arrested, then we have the bursar and the internal auditor also in our custody now. When the news broke, the internal auditor and the bursar turned themselves in following the report so investigations are ongoing,” Corporal Dogbatse said.
According to the Deputy Regional Minister, an informant alerted him of the alleged nefarious act being perpetrated by the Headmaster and the Bursar of the school and he moved to seize the foodstuff.
He cautioned school heads against such activities, noting that he will ensure they are appropriately punished according to law.
“It is a warning; this is just the beginning. If they venture, they will regret. They are there to push the interest of the government. All that Akufo-Addo is doing now, it is for the betterment of this country, so I see no reason why a group of people will come together to sabotage the president. I’m giving them a warning; they should sit up otherwise this region will be on fire.” Read Full Story
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