Some of the students at Ahwiaa leaving their schools on Monday morning after the school recorded low attendance
ACADEMIC WORK at Ahwiaa, near Kumasi, got disrupted on Monday morning as most of the schools in the troubled area, were closed down.
Originally, the school authorities had planned to open the schools but had a change of mind at the eleventh-hour due to poor attendance.
Ahwiaa was a scene of disaster on Saturday morning as two irate youth groups butchered each other and caused destruction to properties.
Several students did not attend school on Monday even though the day had not been declared a holiday, sources at Ahwiaa told DAILY GUIDE.
Perhaps, parents and guardians of some of the students feared for the safety of their wards hence decided to let them stay at home, the paper learnt.
Both public and private schools in the area recorded low patronage and this unpleasant situation, reportedly, forced authorities to close down the schools.
Bloody Clashes
Ahwiaa was temporarily turned into a ‘war zone’ on Saturday morning after two feuding youth groups clashed violently right in the middle of the town.
The angry-looking groups smashed the windscreen of several vehicles, destroyed several valuable items and also caused injuries to innocent people.
A joint military/police team was called to arrest some of the leadership of the troublemakers before normalcy was eventually restored to the place.
Peace Returns
Meanwhile, the paper gathered that a joint military-police team had been stationed at Ahwiaa since Saturday morning and their presence had ensured total peace.
The police/military team, reportedly, apprehended most of the leadership of the trouble-making groups over the weekend and this proved significant.
The area had since known total peace as residents, including the old and young, were seen going about their normal duties on Monday, without any fear.
Sources said now that total peace had returned to the town, definitely, parents would allow their children to go to school from Tuesday onwards.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi