A/R Police Holds Send-Off Party For COP Kofi Boakye

A send-off party has been held in honour of COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, who will be assuming the position of the Director General of Research and Planning at the National Police Headquarters. At the party organised at the regional Police Command, COP Kofi Boakye thanked all and sundry for the massive support which he noted … Read more

I’ll Build On Kofi Boakye’s Legacy – DCOP Ken Yeboah

The incoming Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, has assured the people of the region that he will sustain the gains made by his predecessor DCOP Nathan Kofi Boakye. According to him, Mr Boakye achieved a lot of success while serving in the region, therefore, he has no business coming to ruin those achievements. … Read more

Kofi Boakye Bids Farewell To Ashanti Region

The outgoing Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, has thanked the chiefs and people of the region for their support for him during his stay in the region. According to him, the unflinching support he enjoyed both from the chiefs and the people as well as his colleague officers led them to make … Read more

Police Justifies Brutalizing KTI Students

The deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander ACP Ampofo Duku has stated that police officers were justified in brutalizing dozens of students of the Kumasi Technical Institute, which left about 20 of them on admission at the hospital. The police have been widely condemned for losing control after they opened fire and tear gas to disperse … Read more

‘Give Us Time To Choose Stool Name For Asantehemaa’

The Asantehene has said that Asanteman is not in a hurry to give her a stool name The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on the general public to exercise restraint as Asanteman goes through the right customary processes in choosing a stool name for the new Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu. He said Asanteman … Read more

Kofi Boakye’s Transfer Not Political – Police

The reassignment of Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Nathan Kofi Boakye and other officers was not because there had been a change of government, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has said. COP Kofi Boakye has been reassigned to head the Accra Police Research and Planning unit. This was … Read more

IGP Moves Kofi Boakye In Police Shake-Up

As forecast yesterday by DAILY GUIDE that the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu was going to transfer regional commanders and directors-general in the Police Service has come to pass. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, is heading for Accra as Director General Research/Planning at the Police Headquarters. That position … Read more

COP Kofi Boakye Moved To National Hdqtrs In Latest Police Shake-Up

Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has been appointed the Director General in charge of Research and Planning of the Ghana Police Service. His position has been taken over by DCOP Isaac Ken Yeboah, who was head of the Northern Regional Police Command. These are part of the latest shake-up within the police … Read more

IGP Makes Changes; Kofi Boakye, Dampare Moved To HQ

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, has reshuffled senior police officers, transferring COP Kofi Boakye and COP George Dampare to the National Headquarters. COP Kofi Boakye, who is the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, will now become the new Director of Research and Planning, a position currently held by COP Rose Bio Atinga. On the other … Read more

Major Shake-Up; Kofi Boakye, Dampare Moved To HQ

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, has reshuffled senior police officers, transferring COP Kofi Boakye and COP  George Dampare to the National Headquarters. COP Kofi Boakye, who is the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, will now become the new Director of Research and Planning, a position currently held by COP Rose Bio Atinga. On the other … Read more

IGP Moves Kofi Boakye To HQ, Dampare Back To Accra

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, has reshuffled senior police officers, transferring COP Kofi Boakye and COP  George Dampare to the National Headquarters. COP Kofi Boakye, who is the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, will now become the new Director of Research and Planning, a position currently held by COP Rose Bio Atinga. On the other … Read more

District Manager Arrested For Stealing 405 Bags of Cocoa

The Asmura District Manager of Unicom Commodities Ghana Ltd, a cocoa purchasing company, Abdul-Rahman Mohammed and an articulated truck driver, have been arrested for stealing 405 bags of cocoa belonging to the company. Mohammed, together with the driver, Kwabena Frimpong are currently in police custody at the Ashanti Regional Police headquarters in Kumasi. The driver … Read more

Two Ashanti Chiefs Fight Over Mining Town

Otumfuo’s Akwamuhene, Baffour Kwame Akowuah III and the Omanahene (paramount chief) of Manso Nkwanta Traditional Area, Nana Bi-Kusi Appiah are fighting for supremacy over Datano, a community in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region. Each of them is claiming Datano owes allegiance to him and have installed chiefs to represent their interest in … Read more

I Will Not Hesitate To Arrest and Lock Up Wontumi

Ashanti Regional Police Commander has issued a stern warning to Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako to stop raising false alarm ahead of Wednesday’s polls. COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has also warned Antwi Boasiako against acts that have the tendency of heightening tension in the region. The police chief adds, … Read more

Retrieved Thumb-Printed Ballot Papers Fake – Police

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed that the purported bags of thumb-printed ballot papers found in a hotel in Kumasi are fake. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye revealed that the Regional Director of the of Electoral Commission (EC), Serebour Quarcoo, confirmed that the purported ballot papers were not genuine, following further … Read more

Police Retrieve Ballots In Kumasi; Confirm Them Fake

Police retrieve ballots found in a Kumasi hotel, but confirmed them fake… It has been confirmed by the Ashanti Regional Police Command, that the purported bags of thumb-printed ballot papers found in a hotel in Kumasi, are fake. Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye who made this known, confirmed that the said papers are not … Read more

Police Condemn ‘unruly’ NPP Supporters In Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has expressed its frustration with the attitude of some of the New Patriotic Party supporters who besieged the regional police command on Monday morning. This is after, Police in Kumasi had taken possession of three bags stuffed with materials reported to be thumb-printed presidential ballot papers found at the Madison lodge  at … Read more

‘Fake’ Thumb-Print Ballots Won’t Count

The Electoral Commission says fake ballots thumb-printed for president John Dramani Mahama would not count as valid votes even if they found their way into the ballot box. The New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman Monday morning led the police in Kumasi to a location where thousands of fake ballots thumb-printed for the President were … Read more

Retrieved Thumb-Printed Ballot Papers Fake – DCOP Kofi Boakye

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP, Nathan Kofi Boakye has said the supposed ballot papers retrieved by the police in Kumasi are fake. The Ghanaian media space on Monday morning were inundated with reports of three bags containing ballot papers said to have allegedly been thumb-printed in favour of President John Dramani Mahama. The bags … Read more

Weapons Seized From ‘NDC Man’ In Kumasi

The military in Kumasi have impounded large cache of weapons allegedly from a known member of the National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region. The weapons were seized from the said NDC man, Cobson of Asuoyeboah SSNIT Flats with house number AH 2015S Thursday night following a tip-off by some agents of New Patriotic Party. … Read more