[ 2016-08-08 ]

The entrance of Methodist Girls Senior High School

IGP, AG, MEGHIS headmistress sued over arrest of teacher
The Headmistress of Methodist Girls Senior High
School (MEGHIS), Miss Sylvia Isabella Laryea and
several others have been dragged to the Koforidua
High Court for abusing the right of a teacher of
the school during a staff meeting.

The applicant, Christopher Ankou is praying the
court for an order directed at the respondents to
pay him jointly or severally an amount of Two
Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC200,000) as
compensation for breach of his fundamental human
rights.

The other respondents in the suit include;
Director General of the Ghana Education Service,
Inspector General of Police, and Akropong
Divisional Crime Officer of police, ASP Peter
Duodu.

The rest are Emma Ampomah and Mr. Emmanuel
Donkor. Mr. Christopher Ankou is said to be in the
forefront demanding accountability and respect for
staff of the school from the headmistress. His
suit wants the headmistress to account for GHC
30,000 which is an outstanding balance of
teachers’ welfare contribution.

The headmistress is alleged to have mentioned in
a staff meeting that, the P.T.A had made that
deduction contrary to earlier agreements between
parents and teachers. With this development, some
teachers wrote to the PTA to seek explanation but
was revealed that, the PTA had no knowledge of the
said deduction.

The standoff is said to have caused the transfer
of some teachers ostensibly on grounds of
overstaffing. There is suspicion of another scheme
to transfer additional nine teachers of which Mr.
Ankou is believed to be one of them.

3news.com gathered that, Mr. Ankou was accused of
engaging in amorous relationship with some
students and was dragged before the Regional
Disciplinary Committee of GES, Koforidua.

At the said hearing, Counsel for the teachers,
Francis Sosu raised preliminary objection to the
entire process, indicating that it is not in
accordance with GES Code of Conduct for teachers
and due process as established in Articles 23 and
296 of the 1992 constitution.

After an unsuccessful attempt to nail him through
the disciplinary measure, Mr. Ankou was arrested
during a staff meeting on Friday, 29th July on an
allegation of rapping one of his students on
October 31, 2015.

Parents of the girl claimed they were informed
about the rape incident by the headmistress who
incidentally advised to lodge formal complaint
with the police which led to the arrest of Mr.
Ankou who has been in the service of GES for the
last six years.

He was detained and spent the weekend in the
Adukrom cells and granted bail on 2nd August 2016.

Source - 3news.com

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