After two years of investigations into the 2015 recruitment scam, the former Director General in-charge of Human Resource at the Ghana Police Service, COP Patrick Timbilla has been fired.
The former senior Police officer was interdicted following his alleged role in one of the biggest Police recruitment scams in January 2015. Timbilla was subsequently placed under house arrest after he was implicated by some of the victims of the recruitment fraud.
The special taskforce which was set up to investigate the matter is said to have seen text message evidence and other correspondence between him and the victims. The special taskforce therefore recommended his interdiction for fear of interfering with the ongoing investigations. When Citi News contacted COP Timbilla, he stated that “I will comment at the right time through a press conference.” Police sources have indicated that COP Timbilla intends to appeal his dismissal. Recruitment scam In 2015, hundreds of men and women arrived at five police training depots for enlistments into the Ghana Police Service but they were turned away after it was discovered that the enlistment was a scam and their recruitment letters were fake.
The Interior Ministry together with the Ghana Police Administration launched investigations into the matter and mounted an intensive search for the culprits. Some culprits implicated in the scam were subsequently arrested.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Only fired? a country of jolers!! Judges take bribes,and they are just fired. Police engages in acts of corruption and he is only fired. Ghana is not serious at all!When it is a plantain ***barred word***,you quickly prosecute and jail him.There will be a revolution in this country
THE ACTIONS OF THE SAID COP IS SUICIDAL AND EVEN AN INDICTMENT TO THE POLICE ADMINSTRATION AS A WHOLE.. IT QUESTIONS THEIR CREDIBILITY, ONE OF THE HIGHEST SECURITY INSTITUTION ON OUR LAND WITH SUCH CRIMINAL CASE.. OOOH GOD..NOT JXT TIMBILAH BUT THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION NEEDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS NEW ADMINSTRATION LED BY NANA ADDO AND MR BAWUMIA WILL FLUSH OUT ALL THESE EVIL DOERS ....
Oh Ama Texas!! Everything politics , who does not know that Timbilla is card bearing member of the NPP and very close friend of Nana Addo. Stop this pettiness.
I bet you bcos npp won the elections that why he has been sacked if it was ndc that won nothing will happen to him he will be reinstalled back to office he has to be in court to face the criminal charges
Jail him please , why fire only ?
2 years of investigation? Oh Ghana Police service. Hmmmm. We are awaiting the report of the arms dumped at the NPP Headquarters. It is keeping too long. Le us know the outcome as early as possible.
This case should be referred to the A Gs office as soon as possible for prosecution.
To those who know Timbillah and are reading this remind him of this story...... and its title Then DCOP Timbilla, you and your men killed a young man at Atasemanso (in Kumasi) inspite of his mental(psychological) challenges had made it through then IMS near KNUST, Kumasi. You went ahead to parade him as an armed robber. The distraught father tried to correct the reportage with evidence from the hospitals he attended including the last one he was attending and met his death, the Taxi driver who took him also confirmed on air that he was not an armed robber, but YOU, will hear none of it and defended your men, even in the face of evidence to the contrary. People associated with this case will remember the statement. At that time I wrote that one ...the blood of the innocent will call and when it does you will have no where to hide for it will haunt all those who took part in the dastardly act. This might just be the beginning.. I can assure you that his blood will seek revenge from all those who were part of the wicked plot.. You may go look for the father and work to clear the name of his son but I still will assure you none involved in that case will have no rest till the day they will leave this earth. And to all the others in the police service be informed that when you kill innocent people be assured that your end will not be well.
So the constitution of Ghana allows one in public office to scam innocent men and women of our country who were only seeking to be recruited into the police administration yet were defrauded by one of the topmost police administrators in the country only to be fired without any further taken to ensure such do not happen again. A police officer in Chicago was involved in a $4000 fraud,he was sentenced to 5 years in prison because he was supposed to protect the law not violate it and he was just a corporal so how come in Ghana a whole director of human resources in the police administration getting away with such huge crime and getting away with it ? Is our laws so weak that ,it let people go off the hook if he was found guilty ? why hasn't the police press charges of fraud and forgery against the former ? Was he getting paid whilst on suspension and if so why ? who pays those victims whose monies were taking in the name of fake recruitment ? I a suggesting criminals in our country for those in public office needs to be re-writing due to the fact that,public office holders are getting away with crimes individuals will not be spared by the courts of our land. Our parliament is so weak, constitution and regulatory commissions are not enforced,therefore open the doors for corruption to the highest bidder leaving the masses and uneducated suffer the most. I urge those in authorities and our law makers to consider arresting such people involved in bringing public institution into disrepute to deter others in high office.