7 Final Year Students Accused Of Practicing Occultism Denied Bail
The students were caught killing fowls for sacrifices and were left for the disciplinary committee.
Joana Somiah 
Seven final-year students of Sawla Senior High School in the Sawla Tuna Kalba District of the Savannah Region who were arrested and detained for allegedly practising occultism have been denied bail.
They were arrested on Monday, September 20, 2021, at the school.
Those suspects include Tanko Sufianu, Adam Rafiw, Mahama Jibreel, Adam Hudu, Mumuni Yahaya and Abukari Saulo.
Sources on campus say, the Headmistress of the School, Evelyn Nabiah mentioned the names of the affected students before asking the police to take them away.
The source said; “Today we were in the hall writing our Mathematics paper 1 when the Headmistress came and gave the announcement that right after the paper, those Students should not go out.
"So, immediately after the paper, she came out with the list and started mentioning the names of those students. After that, she ordered the Police to come for them without telling us why and how."
The source added; "but the truth remains that, those students were caught killing fowls for sacrifices and were left for the disciplinary committee. And so, once students are not allowed to cook while in school or rear fowls, and they (students) bought the fowls with their money, what they were using the fowls for, was for their own good".
Meanwhile, some opinion leaders are intervening to get the students released on bail.
Abdul Sammed Gurundari
