Court orders students to compensate teacher for assault
An Adenta Circuit Court has directed three young men to each pay GH₵4,000 as compensation to a teacher they attacked, and also ordered them to sign a two-year bond to be of good behaviour or risk going to prison.
The individuals, Hassan Bashiru and Mohassan Bashiru, both students of the Frafraha Community Day Senior High School, and Mustapha Sani, also known as “Dady,” an Okada rider and student whose school was not disclosed, were before the court, presided over by Angela Attachie last Monday.
The compensation will be paid to a Social Studies teacher of the West Africa Senior High School, Mr Nicolas Teye, who is the complainant in the case.
Brief background
According to the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, initially, the three were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, unlawful entry onto the school premises and assault.
The first accused, Hassan Bashiru, faced an extra charge of causing harm after allegedly hitting the complainant on the head with a stick, leaving him unconscious.
The prosecutor noted that the incident began on February 13, 2026, when the accused persons went to the school during class hours to see their girlfriends.
He said that the teacher asked them to leave the classroom, but they refused until he and other teachers forced them out.
C/Insp Lanyo said later that same day, the group returned on motorbikes and a bicycle, confronted the teacher and attacked him.
The complainant later received treatment at the Pantang Government Hospital and was advised to take an MRI scan because of the seriousness of his head injury.
He said that the suspects were arrested on February 16, 2026, and they admitted the offence in their caution statements. When they appeared in court with their lawyers, they changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty.
The court then imposed the fines, compensation and bond, warning that failure to meet the conditions would lead to a two-year jail term.
