The headmaster of St Charles Lwanga Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Saboba District of the Northern Region was remanded into prison custody on Monday (15 November).
Jashain Emmanuel was detained after he turned himself in over the weekend, in connection with the drowning of ten pupils he allegedly sent by boat to harvest rice on his farm.
The Tamale Magistrates’ Court remanded him to reappear on 29 November.
At least ten junior high school pupils have been confirmed dead in a boating disaster on the Oti River in Saboba.
Twenty-one pupils were rescued on Friday, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Shine Zokoiku, the Saboba District commander.
The children were returning from a farm on Friday when their vessel capsized on the river.
Commiserates
Meanwhile, the deputy education minister, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has led a government delegation to commiserate with the families of the dead boys.
“It’s a tragic loss to the nation and the government shares in the grief of the chiefs and people of Saboba,” he said when he paid a courtesy call on the traditional leaders.
Drowning incidents are common in Ghana, especially in the southern regions, where accidents associated with illegal mining are common. In October, at least four other young people died when their boat capsized on the River Offin in the Ashanti Region.
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