Two persons have been picked up by the Police in Accra for allegedly engaging in bribery activities in relation to the placement of students into senior high schools under the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
The Criminal Investigations Department Unit has named the suspects as Vicentia Appiah Antwi, 24 and Suzzy Owusu, 18.
It named the alleged offence as collecting money from victims under the pretence of securing placement into preferred senior high schools for them.
They are said to have collected between GH¢9,500 and GH¢22,000 per person, depending on the school choice.
According to the police, the two suspects have mentioned one Nana Yaw Boateng, said to be a medical doctor in Kumasi at the Kwadaso Hospital, and Alex Asumani, also known as Lexus, as their accomplices.
Interrogation
The suspects after interrogation, have since been released on police enquiry bail as investigations continue to apprehend the other suspects and their accomplices.
The two suspects were arrested at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday by a team from the Ministry of Education, acting on directives of the sector minister, Haruna Iddrisu.
Some of the victims, twin sisters are said to have reported the demand of bribe from them to the sector minister and provided evidence alleging that the suspects had lured them into paying money in exchange for assistance with their SHS placement.
In a statement, the Ministry of Education explained that upon receiving the information and reviewing the evidence presented, the minister promptly alerted the security services, leading to the arrest of the two suspects at the Resolution Centre.
