Students from Assalam Boys Secondary School in Mangochi mobilised themselves around 1 am and stoned the office and hostel blocks in protest against poor diet at the school. The incident happened on Monday, January 23, 2023.
According to police investigations, the students have been complaining to the school management for some time about being served with beans contaminated with weevils and that their concerns have not been addressed, which prompted them to go on hunger strike on January 21, 2023.
Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi
The Monday incident was reported to Mangochi Police Station. The officers who visited the scene did not find any student at the campus. They had all ran away. The police found smashed office and hostel glasses, damaged two printers, laptop, genset and other school items, according to Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi.
She says meanwhile, the value of the damaged properties is not yet established.
“Police are carrying out further investigations to bring the matter to its logical conclusion,” says the Publicist.
