The Ghana Police Service has removed the deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP/Mr Kwasi Akomeah Apraku who was acting as the Regional Commander from his post and has been interdicted with immediate effect following their handling of  the Islamic SHS disturbances.

Aside him two other senior police officers have also been interdicted by the Ghana Police Service.

They are ACP/Mr George Ankomah, the Regional Operations Officer, and ACP/Mr Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame Divisional Police Commander, have also been interdicted following the incidents on Monday, 13th June, 2022 at Islamic SHS.

“It was further established that even though nobody was hit by a bullet, the Police handling of the incident was poor and fell short of our standard operating procedure on crowd control.”

“As a result, the Deputy Regional Police Commander, DCOP/Mr Kwasi Akomeah Apraku, who was acting as the Regional Commander has been removed from his position and has been interdicted. Two other officers, ACP/Mr George Ankomah, the Regional Operations Officer, and ACP/Mr Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame Divisional Police Commander, have also been interdicted to make way for a thorough investigation into the incident,” the statement from the police added.

Meanwhile, the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) has initiated a probe into the conduct of the officers who were responsible for the Police response.