The Western North Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of food items meant for students at Sefwi Bekwai STEM Senior High School in Awaso, Western North Region.
The suspects, matron Bennedicta Nyamadi and cook Rahel Kyeremateng, were apprehended on December 23, 2025, following intelligence received by the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive on the night of December 22.
Acting on the tip, a joint team of police officers, the local Member of Parliament, and the Municipal Chief Executive conducted a search at Rahel Kyeremateng’s residence in Sefwi Atronsu. Large quantities of food items suspected to have been stolen from the school were recovered.
Preliminary investigations suggest the suspects conspired to steal food from the school store and store it at Kyeremateng’s residence for resale. Recovered items included twenty-one 50 kg bags of rice, four sacks of gari, two sacks of maize, one and a half bags of millet, one bag of sugar, three bags of beans, forty large tins of tomato paste, four cartons of milk, six gallons of cooking oil, and fifty-four tins of canned mackerel. The total value of the items is yet to be determined.
During interrogation, Kyeremateng implicated Nyamadi as the source of the stolen items, leading to Nyamadi’s arrest at the school premises. Authorities are still searching for assistant matron Hannah Dufie, who is believed to have participated in the theft and remains at large.
