Minister of Education Mathew Opoku Prempeh is calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) COP David Asante -Apeatu to sack the Ashanti regional public relations officer of the police command ASP Yusif Tanko and the SWAT commander Supt Christopher Klormegah.
His calls comes on the back of students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) who were severally assaulted by the police on Tuesday.
Police say the students went on rampage after winning Inter Schools and Colleges competition (Interco) and vandalised police patrol cars, blocked roads and pelted stones at police.
The students accused the police of firing live bullets and tear gas.
But speaking on Abusua FM’s Abusua Nkommo hosted by Kwame Adinkra, the Minster accused Supt Klormegah and ASP Tanko of telling lies about the brutalities calling on the IGP to transfer the two from the region.
According to him, the two have been peddling falsehood that police men on duty did not fire guns as speculated by the aggrieved students.
The minister of Education warned that he will stage a demonstration for the dismissal of the two if the IGP refuses to sanction them.
He cited that the KTI incident adds up to two cases where Supt Klormegah had supervised police brutalities describing him as a ‘disgrace’ to the police service.
Dr Opoku Prempeh questioned why police rushed to KTI dormitories to beat up teachers and students who didn’t even go to the stadium.
‘He should have told us the truth so that a warning or an advise would have been given, but he lied about the incident, how can such a person continue to wear police uniform, but I am not surprised, Klormega is the same person who brutalised students in Kenyase. ASP Tanko too just goes about peddling falsehood.
No civilian has reported to the police that his/her car was smashed by the students, the police in Asokwa are even surprised that he and other police went to the dormitories of KTI when he wasn’t in charge. I am not saying that when children go wayward, they shouldn’t be punished, but it should be done the right way. I will write a letter to the IGP to sack ASP Tanko and Supt Klormega,’he fumed.
According to him, government didn’t supply them uniforms to cause mayhem in the region saying some of the students had to break walls to run from angry police.
According to him, the SWAT commander has the tendency of killing people if members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) go on demonstration.
‘He will kill people and government will be blamed, they should be sacked, he can be compared to somebody who dupes people in Kejetia,’ a livid Minister said.
Source: ultimatefmonline
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WHY WOULD GHANA POLICE USE LIVE BULLET? ARE THEY KILLERS? DO WE ALLOW POLICE TO PLUG OUR EYES WHY WE STAND ALOOF WATCHING?ALL POLICE MEN WHO DO NOT HAVE GOOD MANNERS SHOULD BE DELT WITH.NAPO ACT SWIFTLY ON YOUR WORDS DONT LET THIS WORDS OF YOURS TAKE TWO WEEKS.969603
This Klormegah(so-called Supt)doesnt seem to be level headed and should be removed from the region. He seems to have a personal agenda of hatred against these people and therefore chance on the least opportunity to unleash vernom on them. He should be transfered as a matter of urgency!
WHEN THE ROAD THEY CONSTRUCT DOESN'T AFFECT UR HOUSE U WILL THINK DA CONSTRUCTION IS PERFECT. WAIT TILL SOME ***barred word*** POLICE OFFICER KILL UR FAMILY MEMBER AND TAG HIM OR HER AS AN ARM ROBBER, U WILL APPRECIATE THE NEED TO HV USEFUL POLICE SERVICE. COMMON SENSE SHOULD ALWAYS RULE.
This minister really need our support to do great work for mother Ghana. Keep it up and may God bless the good works you have started.Sack anybody who relax on the job.
By the time Napo leaves office not even a single public servant would be left in office. All of them will be fired. Incompetence at highest level.
Mr. Minister i urge you to mind your speech. Don't think you are in power so anything can come from your mouth.
NAPO...ALL YOU KNOW BEST IS TO SACK PEOPLE...EIHHHHH AYE HUHUHU