The 18 students of the University of Ghana who were arrested for allegedly causing disturbance on campus have been granted bail to the sum of GH¢50,000.
The students were picked up last week by the Ghana Police Service following a clash on the University of Ghana campus on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
The 18 were among distressed past and continuing students who raged the University premises to protest Management' new residential policy restricting continuing students from occupying the Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah residential Hall to make a way for level 100 and graduate students.
Hence, the students were put before an Accra Circuit Court and remanded into custody for unlawful conduct.Appearing before Circuit Court 4 on February 20, the students were granted bail with two common sureties without justification.
Counsel for 16 of the 18 students, Albert Quashigah talking after the court proceeding said the defense was only in court today to seek for bail for the students which was granted.
"Our business today was exclusively to apply for bail and the judge was liberal and granted us the bail, and we are currently doing whatever it takes to execute the bail that has been granted to us".
However he was optimistic, he feared the processes of the court might delay the bail execution and have the students released by the end of today.
"This administrative process of the court can be a bit delayed, and we are expecting to execute the bail and have the students freed by the end of the day. It can take some time, however I'm just hoping that we will actually want to execute the bail to free these students, so they can get once again to their studies," Mr. Quashigah added.