Continue "double"; Delete DSP Azugu, Reprimand Colonel Opoku – Abbreviated Mission Report | General news

In addition, the confidential report in possession of Starrfm.com.gh also recommended the withdrawal of the commander of the SWAT team from the Secretariat of the National Security Council, the DSP Samuel Kojo Azugu, "from the responsibility of the superior".

According to the report, DSP Azugu failed to "appropriately command and control the SWAT team he was responsible for during the operation at the polling station of La Bawaleshie School." it is rebadigned by the IGP. "

REPRIMAND COLONEL OPOKU

In addition, the Commission, which sits for a month, has recommended that the head of the SWAT team, Colonel Mike Opoku, be reprimanded "for his ultimate responsibility for the outcome of the SWAT operation at the La. Bawaleshie School ".

"His responsibility is further strengthened by his inability to properly define the mission for which the SWAT team was sent and to ensure that the SWAT team complies with the defined mission. In addition, he did not conduct an internal investigation into the identity of the culprits of the offense when revelations revealed that operational failures had resulted in human rights violations.

"It is further recommended that Colonel Opoku immediately release the weapons used, as well as personal weapons. [SIC] involved in the operation to allow the conduct of tests and ballistic badyzes and additional investigations by the police. "

CALL THE SWAT TEAM

At the same time, the Commission also called for the immediate dissolution of the SWAT team at the National Security Council Secretariat.

"The Commission recommends dissolving the SWAT team of the National Security Council Secretariat and rebadigning officers as needed," the report says.

"The Commission further recommends that specialized police units be directly solicited when needed for special operations".

In addition, the Commission recommends "the exchange of information between the agencies concerned when an operation involves or would require inter-agency cooperation", such as by-elections, among others.

He added that the police must have sufficient resources "to maintain active communication throughout the duration of operations. Providing equipment only to executives of an operation that can not be everywhere at a time leaves the flank unprotected and this would inspire confidence in any of them. "

The three-member Commission was tasked with investigating the violent events that occurred during the partial election of Ayawaso-West Wuogon. She began her public hearings at Christiansborg Castle, Osu, Accra, on February 14, and presented her report on March 14.

The other members of the commission were Mrs. Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, lawyer and lawyer, and Mr. Patrick K. Acheampong, former Inspector General of Police. Mr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi, former Dean of GIMPA Law School and Private Lawyer, served as Secretary to the Commission.