The PRO of the Volta Regional Police Command, Corporal Prince Dogbatse has confirmed that the Internal Auditor from the Regional office of the Ghana Education Education Service, driver and bursar of the Peki Senior High School are in their custody.

He disclosed that the driver of the vehicle was the first suspect to be arrested, after a taskforce led by the Deputy Regional Minister, Rev Johnson Avuletey intercepted him around Sokode en route to the auditor’s house in Ho.

He said the two other suspects, the bursar and the auditor both turned themselves in after the news broke.

“Currently we have the driver, who is the initial suspect we arrested, then we have the bursar and the internal auditor also in our custody now. When the news broke, the internal auditor and the bursar turned themselves in following the report so investigations are ongoing,” Corporal Dogbatse said.

The three are being held after dispatching a pickup loaded with foodstuffs meant for students of the Peki Senior High School to the home of the auditor alleged to serve as a bribery in the course of editing the accounts of the school.

The Deputy Regional  Minister revealed that he was alerted by informants after the foodstuffs were moved in the pickup, an act which seems to have become a habit among the suspects for some time now. He cautioned the school heads to desist from such noting that he will make sure that they are appropriately punished by the law.

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“It is a warning, this is just the beginning. If they venture, they will regret. They are there to push the interest of the government. All that Akufo-Addo is doing now, it is for the betterment of this country, so I see no reason why a group of people will come together to sabotage the president. I’m giving them a warning, they should sit up otherwise this region will be on fire.”