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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DONT WORRY FOLKS. KOFI BOAKYE IS COMING AS IGP. IT IS WELL
Massa; Don't KID OR FULL YOURSELF ; IT IS A RACKET AMONGST THE GHANA POLICE REGIME !!!!!!!;they know these armed robbers and killers in Ghana ; catch these armed robbers and you shall have lawyers ready to defend them ; the whole thing is just a concert party and classic musical chairs to full Ghanaians that the IGP is doing something ;IT IS FALSE !!!!!; the truth is that the IGP is running out of intelligence options about his own Snr, Police Officers because most are involved ; most of them are behind these armed robbers and facilitate and supply the arms ; there are also some politically initiatives by the NDC party to bring the NPP into disrepute and disgrace Nana Addo besides there are some 'BIG MEN' who have the cash and have a number of young men who are armed robbers and killers who will go out and do anything for them ; Police intelligence should go underground and collect such intelligence about these 'BIG MEN'; IGP Apeatu cannot appoint Boakye because he will expose these Snr Officers ; massa it is a network of secret SNR Police Officers on the rampage ; changing them will not change anything !!!!!!
Institions are built not around one person or just a name.Are you people saying the whole case of combating crime should be laid on the shoulders of kofi boakye?what happens when he resigns?and then it means that the whole police force can not work again?please when issues come stop been emotional and let us build institutions not personalities
MR. PRESIDENT OF GHANA, NANA AKUFO-ADDO, ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH ALL THESE FRUSTRARIONS GHANAIANS ARE POURING OUT BECAUSE OF SO MUCH INSECURITY IN YOUR REIGN OF JUST ONE YEAR TWO MONTHS IN POWER? CAN YOU SEE HOW BAD YOUR GOVERNANCE IS? DO YOU FEEL HAPPY UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CITIZENRY? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECURITY OF TOGOLESE AND GHANAIANS AS OF NOW? IS YOUR GOVERNANCE ANYTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT? ASSUMING THERE WERE GENERAL ELECTIONS TODAY IN GHANA WITHOUT MASSAGING THE EC DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SCORE ANY MEANINGFUL PER CENTAGE IN THE REESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED? THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS EQUALITY WATCHING AND LISTERNING AS THEIR LOVED NATIONALS ARE BEING BUTCHERED TO DEATH OR MADE CORPSES. WRITE YOUR HISTORY FOR POSTERITY.
whether we like or not COP Kofi Boakye is unmatched when it comes to combating crime in Ghana.The man has done it over and over so why is he missing?. His name alone deters them
THE IGP MUST CONSIDER PUTTING COP KOFI BOAKYE IN CHARGE OF COMBATTING ARMED ROBBERY AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. KOFI HAS THE QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE THAT POSITION. GHANA NEED SHIM NOW MORE THAN BEFORE!!!
IGP IGP IGP it doesn't make humanely sssenssible to keep Kofi Boakye in the office at this moment when he Kofi Boaky has excelled in combating armed robbery why? why? why? As the ex-convit said Kofi Boakye's name alone on the street can reduce crime by 30 percent. IGP SHINE YOUR EYE OO
Who say Kofi Boakye is the only competent police officer in Ghana who can combat this menace. Please, leave the IGP to do his job. Who knows whether this is a set up to make the government unpopular? Some of us know who Kofi Boakye is so please leave the IGP alone. The problem will be brought under control isha-Allah without Kofi Boakye in front.
where is Kofi Boakye? he is the master expert to deal with the armed robbers. IGP wake up and use your resources wisely, what the f**k with your air head. I am a retired United States Army soldier and if Government invite me i will put this ***barred word*** to rest and execute all the culprits.
WHAT IS THE BASIS OF THE ASSERTION THAT COP KOFI BOAKYE IS "MISSING"....IF HE IS, IT IS BECAUSE HE WAS NOT RESHUFFLED. HE WAS AND IS STILL THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (PIPS) BUREAU. NO ONE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO TAKE OVER THAT APPOINTMENT FROM HIM IN THIS RESHUFFLE. PEACEFMONLINE, PSE WHAT IS YOUR SOURCE?? DON'T SPREAD WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW AS A FACT.