The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu has embarked on a shake up of the service in the wake of the rising spate of robberies and general state of insecurity that has gripped the country.
ACP Dr Sayibu Pabi Garibu of the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Bureau, is now the Director, National Operations.
According to a statement signed by the Director General, Public Affairs, ACP David Eklu and sighted by Peacefmonline.com, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, Director General of Police Operations has been moved to head the Research and Planning Department of the Ghana Police Service; a position previously held by COP Nathan Kofi Boakye last year.
Interestingly, Mr Boakye, - who experienced his second transfer since the change of government, having been moved from the Ashanti Region as the Regional Commander to the Police headquarters as Director General Research/Planning in February 2017, and later appointed Director General of the PIPS Bureau - is not named in the list of new command positions.
COP Dampare, one of Ghana’s most respected and celebrated police officers, is to be replaced by the Eastern Regional Commander DCOP Simon Afeku, whilst COP Christian Tetteh Yohonu becomes Director General, Police Intelligence.
Though it is unclear reasons for the latest reshuffle, it comes at a time when the police service has been severely tongue-lashed following an increase in the spate of robbery cases across the country.
COP Dampare was formerly in charge of ICT at the Police Headquarters before he was made Director General of Police Operations in July 2017.
Prior to his appointment to the ICT department, he was the head of the Police Command and Staff College at Winneba in the Central Region, a position he took after he was transferred as the Accra Police Commander in May 2016, prior to the elections.
His reassignment comes at a time when some Ghanaians on social media have called on the government to sack the Interior Minister and the IGP for failing to ensure the protection of the citizenry.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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How can you withdraw GHC200k from a bank? Who does that in this day and age? So sad he lost his life. Ghanaians should desist from using physical cash. Use credit/debit cards, cheques for payments and other transactions but dont use cheques to withdraw money.
Wetin be IGO? @Dee? when delta force was breaking into cells and freeing people in lawful custody with impunity the authorities concerned sat unperturbed. That loud silence emboldened them and they have now metamorphosed into armed robbers and snipers with deadly efficacy! As a matter of fact an NPP executive deployed some of these deadly robbers on a fellow NPP member to thwart his fortunes in the just-ended elections and the matter has been conveniently silenced as it was too embarrassing. That is how dire the situation has become.
The recent attack on the lives of the citizenry and properties is alarming. The police the security intelligence must be seen working and not transferring men from one place to another. Intelligence policing is what Ghanaian are expecting from the IGP and his MEN.I always feel sorry when I am traveling and see uniform police officer collecting money from drivers. The time has come for the police administration remove this canker from the service
Ghana Police, please where is Kofi Boakye. He is a no ***barred word*** personnel. We want him coordinating some ground operations #Kofi_Boakye #Kofi_Boakye
The police needs helicopter to fight the armed robbers. The helicopter should be hovering the cities 24/7 as is commonly done in the US. The armed robbers have become more sophisticated and so the armed enforcement agencies must also be more sophisticated to fight the bad guys. Fight them from the air and they will lose yamaa!
Was i the one who collapsed and was rushed to hospital and later transferred to London? Was I the one who truncated nana addo's meet the press with JOURNALISTS because he was tired? What is disrespectful about speaking the truth. By the way, learn to tolerate criticisms and don't be moved by your emotions too much.
No matter the changes, Interior Minister and IGP have to go and aet their wives breakfast
When it is coming it is doing!!! Take it or leave it, KOFI BOAKYE is the man needed right now at operations but because of politics look at this so called busy for nothing reshuffling....You want to be seen as doing something but papa IGP, yawa ooo yawa. You saw what K.B did at Asante and Western region abi?
@Abam my name sake, you are a disgrace to the youth; if you are one. How can you spew such disrespectful lies about your own president and vice. Please come again and don't be led by corrupt political biases; for you are above this canker.