Two suspects have been arrested by police in connection with a conspiracy and theft of food items meant for students of the Sefwi Bekwai STEM Senior High School (SHS) at Awaso in the Western North Region.

Identified as Bennedicta Nyamadi, a matron, and Rahel Kyeremateng, a cook, the pair were arrested on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, following intelligence received by the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Sebastian Obeng. on the night of December 22, 2025. 

Acting on the information, a joint team comprising police officers from the Western North Regional Police Command, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Bright Asamoah Brefo, and MCE Obeng proceeded to the residence of suspect Rahel Kyeremateng at Sefwi Atronsu. A search conducted at the premises led to the retrieval of large quantities of food items suspected to have been stolen from the school.

Police say preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects conspired to steal the food items from the school food store and subsquently kept them at the residence of suspect Rahel Kyeremateng with the intention of selling them later on an unspecified date.

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, 40 large tins of tomato paste, four cartons of milk, six gallons of cooking oil, and 54 tins of canned mackerel. The total value of the items is yet to be determined. See them here.

Police say that during interrogation, suspect Rahel Kyeremateng mentioned suspect Bennedicta Nyamadi as the source of the items, leading to the arrest of suspect Bennedicta Nyamadi at the Sefwi Bekwai STEM SHS premises.

According to police, 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.