IGP Must Resign Says AFAG…But Police Say Forget It

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye to resign from his position due to his selective mode of arrest of people perceived to be antagonistic to the NDC-led administration.

In an interview with Peace news Mr. Samuel Awuku said there are enough demonstration of the bias of the police considering the quantum of electoral incidents that were recorded during the Atiwa by-election, where most of them occurred in the presence of the police, and the inaction by the police, coupled with Dr. Kwabena Adjei’s comments on ‘cleaning the judiciary’, which AFAG believes constitutes “fear, panic and alarm”.

Mr. Awuku posited that the incidents named above, coupled with other cases illustrates that the essence of democracy in the country is being undermined and the IGP needs to step down for doing nothing to put the law right.

“…a judge recuses himself for fear for his life caused by the statement of the chairman of the ruling party it was most instructive, most appropriate that the IGP and his men move into action…the police did nothing about Dr. Kwabena Adjei’s remarks…it means the police are in support of what he said and if that is the case, then Ghanaians are not safe in this country,” he said.

But in rather sharp rebuttal, Superintendent Kwesi Ofori, head of the Public Affairs Directorate at the Ghana Police Headquarters said “it is baseless for AFAG to say that the IGP, Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye, should step down. IGP cannot be flawed in any of the circumstances cited by AFAG…the police did a good job during the Atiwa by-election,” he said.

Superintendent Ofori stressed that the police is non-political and is focused on providing desirable security for all Ghanaians irrespective of their political and social status.

“…so AFAG is telling me that they didn’t see anything right we did during the Atiwa by-elections? We will not be disturbed by some of these unnecessary distractions,” he added.

Source: Rebecca Quaye/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana Institute of Journalism