The university authorities have had a say on the clash between the two halls of KNUST which happened on Thursday August 18 2022.
Head of University Relations at KNUST, Daniel Norris Bekoe, said Katanga students were the ones who stormed the Unity Hall and caused the mayhem during the procession as captured on a CCTV.
Speaking on a show on Tv3 Friday August 19, he said “I can confirm that we are picking a lot individuals who took part in it, we have identified some of them and we are going to hand them over to the Police. Some of them came from the University of Cape Coast, Casley Hayford Hall, numbering 40.”
He added “The vehicles belonging to staff will be fixed and Katanga students will bear the cost, nine vehicles.”
Meanwhile, hall week and Student Representative Council (SRC) week celebrations at the KNUST have been suspended indefinitely.
Also, massing up of students leading up to ‘morale’ activities and procession been suspended indefinitely.
Random security checks of persons and vehicles entering and exiting the University campus are to be carried out.
These decision were taken by the the Executive Committee of the University on Friday August 19 following the disturbances that occurred on Thursday 18.
Calm returned to the campus of the KNUST after resident students of University Hall and Unity Hall clashed Thursday night.
It is unclear what sparked the violent clashes but reports say students of University Hall, popularly known as Katanga, embarked on a procession which ended up in the precincts of Unity Hall, popularly known as Conti(nental). The rivalry between the two halls has been age-long.
Students threw stones at one another, resulting in vandalism of some properties including vehicles parked at the Unity hall car park.