{"id":17410,"date":"2026-08-05T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17410"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:15:03","slug":"obuasi-sectech-headteacher-hospitalised-after-students-assaulted-him-for-allegedly-burying-a-fetus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17410","title":{"rendered":"Obuasi SecTech headteacher hospitalised after students assaulted him for allegedly burying a fetus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Headteacher of Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Abdulai Zakaria, is receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after he was allegedly attacked by a group of students following claims surrounding the alleged burial of a fetus.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, tensions escalated on the school campus after some students alleged that the headmaster had been seen burying a fetus in a nearby bush.<\/p>\n<p>The students further claimed the incident was connected to an alleged abortion involving a student.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the incident told\u00a0<strong><em>Newsmen\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>that the allegations sparked outrage among the students, who reportedly mobilised in the early hours of Wednesday and confronted the headteacher.<\/p>\n<p>He was allegedly assaulted during the confrontation and sustained injuries that required urgent medical attention. Some school property was also vandalised during the disturbance.<\/p>\n<p>The injured headteacher was subsequently rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment. His condition has not been officially disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police have deployed in large numbers to the school to restore calm. Officers have reportedly exhumed the body believed to be that of a baby from the location identified by the students as part of ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has disrupted academic activities at the school, with teaching and learning halted as investigators continue their work. Students remain under heightened security while authorities assess the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Police are yet to issue an official statement confirming the circumstances surrounding the alleged discovery or the claims made against the headmaster. The allegations remain under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Headteacher of Obuasi Senior High Technical School, Abdulai Zakaria, is receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after he was allegedly attacked by a group of students following claims surrounding the alleged burial of a fetus. According to reports, tensions escalated on the school campus after some students alleged that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":17411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,41,13],"tags":[5456,5457,1333,5455],"class_list":["post-17410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-general-news","category-health","tag-abdulai-zakaria","tag-assault","tag-komfo-anokye-teaching-hospital","tag-obuasi-senior-high-technical-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17412,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions\/17412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}