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The Parliamentary advert hoc committee which probed the alleged plot to take away the Inspector Normal of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare from workplace has advisable sanctions for the three officers concerned.
The committee chaired by Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta Akyea, has cited the officers; COP Alex George Mensah(Rtd), Supt. George Lysander Asare, and Supt. Emmanuel Eric Gyedi for skilled misconduct.
Their act per the committee’s report constitutes a serious offence beneath Police laws and should due to this fact be sanctioned per the disciplinary process.
The committee has additionally requested that the Home talk its findings to the President, according to Part 19 of the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 350), to make sure applicable sanctions are imposed.
“The Home ought to talk its findings to the President pursuant to Part 19 of the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 350) which vests disciplinary powers within the President, to find out the suitable sanctions for COP George Alex Mensah, Supt George Lysander Asare and Supt Eric Emmanuel Gyebi who’ve misconducted themselves professionally by breaching amongst others the next: Part 17(d) of the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 350) which states that:
“It shall be misconduct for a police officer to interact in any exercise outdoors his official duties which is more likely to contain him in political controversy or to result in his taking improper benefit of his place within the Police Service.
“Regulation 82(1) (c) of the Police Service Laws, 2012 (C.I 76) which states that: “It’s a main offence for an officer to interact in an exercise outdoors official duties which is more likely to “Contain the officer in political controversy or result in the officer taking improper benefit of that officer’s place within the service,” the report mentioned.
The trio have been heard on a leaked tape plotting the elimination of IGP Dampare alongside the previous New Patriotic Celebration(NPP) Northern regional chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu.