Accra, March 1, 2018//-The embattled Inspector General of Police (IGP), David-Asante Appeatu has announced 11 major changes in the security hierarchy following recent upsurge in crime across Ghana.In a press release issued today by the IGP, he reassigned his Director of Operations COP George Dampare to head the research department, while COP Christian Tetteh Yohunu who was head of the Special Duties is now leading the police intelligence unit.
Before the announcement of the shakeup, the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia organised a meeting of all top security capos at the Flagstaff House to strategize on how to solve the alarming cases of armed attacks in the country.
The new shakeup is the second major operational changes announced by the police since Mr Asante’s appointment early last year.
There have been reported five separate robberies in less than 48 hours, in which at least one person was killed.
On Tuesday this week, armed robberies attacked the office of Royals Motors at North Industrial area in Accra in broad day-light.
Four armed men stormed the Royal Motors at about 8:00am and fired guns, stole the company’s cash and run off with the CCTV recording.
The second incident happened in Tema on Wednesday where a Lebanese man was shot dead shortly after he went to withdraw cash from the Zenith Bank at the Tema Industrial Area Wednesday morning.
Gun-wielding armed robbers trailed the man popularly known as Alhaji after he left the bank at about 11:30 am in his Toyota Corolla vehicle.
Press Release below
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