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Friday, March 11, 2016

Service Inquiry over Kofi Boakye case unnecessary - Nunoo-Mensah
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

The security Advisor to President Mills, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (Rtd) has slammed the decision by the Police Council to open a Service Inquiry into the conduct of the former Director General of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and Nathan Kofi Boakye who has been recalled after being on interdiction for two years.

According to Nunoo-Mensah, the service inquiry by the police Council was not necessary, because investigations conducted so far have exonerated the senior officer from any wrongdoing.

Speaking on Peace FM, he said the decision of the Police Council to recall him, speaks volumes of the fact that there were no adverse findings against Kofi Boakye to warrant another investigation into his professional conduct as a Policeman.

He wondered what might have triggered the decision by the Police Council to call for a service inquiry, saying “If you ask me my personal opinion, I will say…, it is not important because we have already looked into the matter and established that he has done nothing wrong.” Asking “what are we going to investigate during the inquiry?”

Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah cautioned against any such move since it has not been established that Kofi Boakye has indeed flouted professional police regulations.

He noted that even if Kofi Boakye flouted the rules and regulations of the Police Service, “this is nothing that should scare anybody; we should allow the chap to do his work.”

According to him, “it is the law that says he has done nothing wrong, it is the law that is working, so if the law says that he has done nothing wrong, so be it. If the Police Council knows that he has done nothing wrong, I don’t see why he cannot come to his work, so I am confident that he will come back to do his work.”