Obuasi SHTS case: Parliament demands speedy probe

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called for the law to handle investigations into allegations of sexual abuse against Zakaria Abdulai, the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), stating that the matter is of grave concern to everyone. "This is a very, very serious matter," she told the press, "a concern to all of us.

Let us allow the law to take its course, especially as it affects the lives of people, not only in the present, but also in the future." The Vice President made these remarks on Wednesday upon her return from a trip to China, having followed the matter during her absence. She noted that she had also received reactions to the issue concerning the case of sexual assault.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) had supported Abdulai's bid for the party's Juaben Constituency chairmanship. Following the release of an investigative documentary, the Minister of Education directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to suspend Abdulai and request a criminal investigation by the Ghana Police Service's Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

The GES also instructed the Ashanti and Obuasi Regional Directors of Education to step aside during the investigation, and the Interior Minister confirmed that the case had been transferred to Police Headquarters in Accra for further examination.