Mysterious
fire ravages GBHS Kossala administrative block
By Doh
Bertrand Nua in Kumba
Mysterious
fire has once more shown its ugly face in Government Bilingual High School,
GBHS Kosala. The fire whose cause is still to be established has completely
consumed the administrative block of what is today known as the largest
secondary school in Kumba II Sub-Division in terms of student enrolment.
The unfortunate incident that
occurred on the evening of Monday December 11, 2017 at about 6:30pm comes
barely three months after mysterious fire hit the same campus and destroyed 150
GCE certificates.
The fire completely consume the
administrative block that comprises the Principals office, that of the Vice
Principal as well as secretaries. Remains of properties such as office
equipment could be visibly seen on the site of the incident.
While investigations have been
open to uncover the cause of the incident, many people have been quick to link
it to the current Anglophone impasse. To these set of people, GHBS Kosala has
the highest number of student enrolment in the entire Kumba II Sub-Division and
as such move is geared towards scaring away students from classes.
At press time no school could
comment to us on the cause of the fire but allegations are rife that security
persons on the said campus have had a bitter encounter with unidentified men
few days to the incident on the school campus. What remains a million dollar
question is why security on the campus wasn’t beefed up knowing well that
people were attempting futile attacks on the campus.
The incident comes to increase
on the number of schools that have been burnt in the entire region since the
outbreak of the Anglophone crisis. Few weeks back, the Regional Delegate of
secondary Education for the Southwest told Governor Okalia during the security
and administrative coordination meeting that a total of 36 schools have been
burnt in the region. The GBHS Kosala incident then comes to increase the number
to 37.
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