Suspended Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) headmaster Zakaria Abdulai says he has been cautioned and granted self-recognisance bail by the police following a rape complaint against him.
Abdulai made the disclosure in an interview with radio host Blakk Rasta, following reports of his arrest over allegations of sexual abuse involving female students at the school.
The allegations came to public attention following an investigative report by JoyNews investigative correspondent Manasseh Azure Awuni, titled Inside the Dreaded Headmaster’s Bungalow.
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, had earlier confirmed Abdulai’s arrest when he appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
“We’ve been able to get one of the ladies, maybe I shouldn’t be putting so much information out, about semen, we are getting DNA… So, what is happening is that this gentleman has been arrested. He’s going through the due process,” Mr Muntaka told the committee.
Speaking to Blakk Rasta, Abdulai said the police action followed a complaint by a female student and her parents.
“I have been cautioned because one girl and her parents said I have raped her. So they reported, I was cautioned, and as a headmaster I was given self-recognisance bail. I’m waiting for court days,” he said.
He indicated that he had his own account of the events surrounding the complaint and believed his version would eventually become public.
“If I give you the turn of events for this particular girl who is claiming I have raped her, you’ll be shocked,” he added.
Asked by the host whether he considered the student a “bad girl”, Abdulai said he did not know her personally but was aware that she had a child. He said he could not judge her as either good or bad.
Abdulai further said a committee investigating the matter had heard his account alongside the allegations made by the complainant and her family.
The police have said the docket relating to a complaint by one of the alleged victims has been forwarded to the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice for advice on the next steps.
Following the JoyNews investigation, Abdulai, who also served as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) constituency secretary for Juaben and was seeking to contest for constituency chairman, withdrew from the race amid pressure from within the party.
He has also sued Manasseh Azure Awuni and the Multimedia Group Ghana Limited for defamation over allegations of sexual abuse involving female students at the school.
The allegations against Abdulai have not been determined by a court.
