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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed COP Dampare as the acting IG after he directed the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. James Oppong Boanuh, to go on leave starting from Sunday, August 1, 2021, which is also in wait of his retirement from the Police Service on Thursday, 7th October 2021. This probably might have come up following calls from a section of Ghanaians asking the President to remove the IGP. According to some Mr. Jame Oppong-Boanuh has failed in executing his work as an IGP. …

Reports gathered from Joy News demonstrate that James Oppong-Boanuh who fills in as the Inspector General of Police has purportedly been laid off as COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has been delegated as the new IGP. As an update, James Oppong-Boanuh who is a legal counselor and a cop was selected as the Inspector General of Police in 2019. COP Dr. Akuffo Dampare before his new position was the Director-General responsible for Administration at the Service. COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has more than 30 years of…

The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has said that the only instance the police can use harmful force on protestors is when their lives are at stake. Speaking on Wednesday to the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, the IGP said there are no hard rules when the lives of the police is threatened. “Honourable Chair, you and I know that in very fluid situations, there are no hard and fast rules when the lives of the Police officers are threatened, that they should go through all these. So, depending…

The youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice that it will stage a protest on Tuesday, 6th July 2021. A letter written to the Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, by the party's National Youth Organizer indicated that their protest is too seek justice for everyone killed and brutalized by state-sponsored police/military forces. “The protest will follow these routes: One chapter will start from Madina, the other from the Accra business district, the third from Osu and the last…

On father's day the Ghana Police Service celebrated the Inspector General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh on its Facebook handle but many social media users were unhappy about it. A lot of social media users fired the Ghana Police Service for celebrating the IGP hence compelling it to pull down the post. Many of the furious social media users blasted the IGP following the comment he made after the bullion van attack where he said Ghana is not heaven not to record crimes. The level of insults that was thrown at…

Following the recent rise in crime, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) James Oppong Boanuh has said fathers shirking their responsibilities is contributing to high crime rate in the country because children without guidance of their fathers go wayward. The IGP says children from broken homes usually lack proper upbringing especially from their fathers and they end up indulging in social vices which has increased crime in the country. He went on to say that it's not surprising that less attention is given to…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has paid a visit to the family of police officer who was murdered during a broad day light robber near Jamestown, a suburb of Accra. Constable Emmanuel Osei belonged to the National SWAT team, and was murdered in cold blood by armed robbers who attacked a bullion van at James Town, Accra on Monday 14th June, 2021. The IGP paid the visit with members of the Police Management Board and he pledged to the family of the deceased that the Police Administration will…

The police has placed a Ghs20,000 bounty on suspected robbers who attacked a bullion van that was transferring money where they killed a police officer on board and an eye witness on Monday, June 14, 2021. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman on Tuesday informed the public about the bounty. According to her the police is convinced that the money will encourage people to give any information they have about the whereabout of the suspected robbers. Meanwhile…

Inspector General of Police(IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has clapped back at security analyst who have raised concerns regarding how the police is handling the increased crime in Ghana stating they don't know what they are talking about. “We are doing what we can to protect the people of Ghana. There is no society in the world where there is no crime. Even in the USA, UK and Sweden, where they, more or less have everything, they still have crime. The only place that doesn’t have crime is heaven and we are not in heaven,”…

Head of Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Professor Kwesi Aning has urged the police to purchase fortified Bullion vans and rent them to banks in Ghana. He made this comment after the Inspector General of Police directed banks in the country to procure armoured bullion vans by the close of June this year else the police will withdraw from escorting bullion vans carting cash. The IGP, James Oppong-Boanuh made this comment following the killing of police…