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General News of Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-04-10
David Asante-Apeatu, welcomed by Naa Alhaji Abuba Nasingmong, Chief of Bunkpurugu
Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Appeatu, said the Ghanaian police were about to deploy more personnel, provide adequate logistics and create new posts throughout the country. countries to fight crime.
He said the country's peace and security could not be compromised by some unscrupulous people because of their local interest.
"We will not let the criminals invade the country, we control the situation and we will treat them without mercy," he said.
The IGP said this during its tour in the Northeast region last Monday.
Inspection
The visit of the IGP was to enable it to access security conditions in the newly created Northeast region, and to inspect some land provided by the chiefs for the construction of police stations. .
Accompanied by the Director General of Operations (COP), Mr. George Alex Mensah, North Regional Police Commander (COP), Mr. Timothy Yoosah Bonga, and other senior officers, the IGP has First inspected a structure in Kpasinkpe, in the municipality of West Mamprusi. provided by the regional chief for a police station following the frequency of armed robberies in the area.
The delegation badured that structural works to equip the building in police station would be undertaken urgently to deploy staff in the region.
The delegation also inspected various areas of the region that were conducive to theft, including a professional site in which a Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) official, Joseph Miigaai Jakperuk, was recently shot dead by unknown gunmen.
They then inspected a 10-hectare plot of land in Nalerigu, the regional capital responsible for building the regional police headquarters.
Courtesy calls
As part of the visit, IGP and its entourage also visited the Mamrugu Overlord, Nayiri, Naabohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga and the Supreme Leader of the Bunkpurugu Traditional Area, Naa Alhaji Abuba Nasingmong, to inform them of activities of the service and solicit their support to help fight crime in the region.
The two leaders praised the IGP for its good leadership and commitment to transform the Ghana Police Service into a world-clbad service and to strengthen the fight against crime in the country.
They pledged their full support for the service and called for more staff to be deployed to the new region.
Proximity police
While commending the traditional leaders for providing the structures and grounds for the construction of police stations, Mr. Asante-Appeatu appealed to the inhabitants of the region to act as guardians of the community and denounce all criminal activities to the police.
"Maintaining order is not the duty of Ghana's only police service, we have energetic men in different communities, so I call them all so that they serve as militiamen and help us fight crimes in their respective communities, "he urged.
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