Reported by GhanaCrimes Newsroom·2 min read
The Bono East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has ordered the arrest of students it says were behind recent acts of vandalism and arson at the Krobo College of Nursing and Midwifery in the Techiman North District, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday 13 November 2026.
The directive was contained in a press release dated Thursday 12 November 2026 and signed by the REGSEC chairman, Francis Owusu Antwi, following a meeting at the Regional Coordinating Council conference hall on Wednesday 11 November.
REGSEC said those responsible for incidents on 2 and 11 November 2026, which involved the removal of CCTV cameras and electrical fuses and the setting ablaze of the college's academic office, would be arrested to face the law. No arrests or suspects had been publicly confirmed in the report, and no one has been charged.
The meeting brought together the regional and Techiman North district security councils, parents and guardians, students, the college's management and advisory board, and traditional leaders of Krobo.
Among other measures, REGSEC directed that second-year students and their parents or guardians sign an undertaking before returning to lectures, with students who fail to comply to be withdrawn, and that students be surcharged for damage to college property. Third-year students on campus were told to vacate by 10:00 on Friday 13 November and will later be recalled with their parents to sign an undertaking.
REGSEC also asked management to submit lists of students to re-sit papers, not to be promoted or to be withdrawn, as well as a separate list of 52 students who petitioned against management through a law firm and CHRAJ. It said police protection would continue for first-year students and those who have signed the undertaking.
The college has faced prolonged unrest. has previously reported that the Ministry of Health temporarily closed the institution on 29 July 2026 after student demonstrations over its administration, before a phased reopening.
