Speaking at a news conference Friday at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, the IGP said: “The police service which I head, has already started putting measures in place to eradicate these acts of impunity.
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, has said measures are being put in place to eradicate mob justice in Ghana, after a tsunami condemnation against the police for doing little to combat the menace.
Speaking at a news conference Friday at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, the IGP said: “The police service which I head, has already started putting measures in place to eradicate these acts of impunity.
“These measures include stern enforcement of the law, liaising with other relevant institutions to embark on massive public education, strengthening criminal investigations, and taking community policing to a higher level.”
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His comments follow the lynching of a 31-year-old army captain, Maxwell Adam Mahama, at Diaso in the Central Region.
Surrounded by the Chief of Defense Staff, the Director of CID and the Director of Operation of the Ghana Police Service, the IGP said he work with stakeholders to nip the culture of instance justice in the bud.
“Persons who violate the laws of the land in a manner akin to what has happened in the late Captain’s case would be dealt with accordingly,” he said.
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“The police is prepared to collaborate with stakeholders to cure this canker of instant justice” and ensure that it is “permanently stamped out of the society. We shall, therefore stop at nothing to deal with the perpetrators of this phenomenon.”
Speaking at a news conference Friday at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, the IGP said: “The police service which I head, has already started putting measures in place to eradicate these acts of impunity. Read Full Story
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