W/NR: Police Arrest Sefwi Bekwai STEM SHS Matron and Cook For Stealing Food Items

The matron and cook of Sefwi Bekwai STEM Senior High School at Awaso in the Western North Region have been arrested for allegedly stealing food items meant for students.

The suspects, identified as Benedicta Nyamadi, a matron, and Rahel Kyeremateng, a cook, were arrested on December 23, 2025, following intelligence received on the eve of December 22, 2025.

A joint team comprising Police officers, the Member of Parliament for the area, and the Municipal Chief Executive proceeded to the residence of the suspect, Rahel Kyeremateng, at Sefwi Atronsu.

A search conducted at the premises led to the retrieval of large quantities of food items suspected of having been stolen from the school.

“Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects conspired to steal the food items from the school food store and kept them at the residence of suspect Rahel Kyeremateng with the intention of selling them at a later date,” according to a police statement.

Items retrieved 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, suspect Rahel Kyeremateng mentioned suspect Benedicta Nyamadi as the source of the items. This led to the arrest of suspect Benedicta Nyamadi at the school premises.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to locate and arrest an assistant matron, Hannah Dufie, who is reported to have taken part in the crime but is currently at large.

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