Ashanti regional Police commander COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has been moved from the region to head the Research and Planning Department of the service in the latest shake up in the state security agency . Consequently, the substantive director general of Research and Planning COP Rose Bio Atinga is heading to the technical department as … Read more
There is a new government, and there will be a new Inspector General of Police (IGP). The current IGP John Kudalor has already reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 and he is not in the good books of the current government to merit an extension of his stay in office. Intense lobbying has already … Read more
There is a new government, and there will be a new Inspector General of Police (IGP). The current IGP John Kudalor has already reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 and he is not in the good books of the current government to merit an extension of his stay in office. Intense lobbying has already … Read more
There is a new government, and there will be a new Inspector General of Police (IGP). The current IGP John Kudalor has already reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 and he is not in the good books of the current government to merit an extension of his stay in office. Intense lobbying has already … Read more
Two new prison camps are to be established in the Ashanti region in 2017, the Ashanti Regional Commander of Prisons, Mr Lord Nii Boye Tagoe, has announced. He said the two new camps would be located at Ejura and Kokofu and that the plans for the construction would start in the first quarter of the … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region has rejected claims that its Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi masterminded the planting of the fake ballot papers that were intercepted by the Police in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi on Monday. “The NPP has absolutely nothing to do with the … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region has rejected claims that its Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi masterminded the planting of the fake ballot papers that were intercepted by the Police in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi on Monday. “The NPP has absolutely nothing to do with the … Read more
The opposition New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region has rejected claims that its Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi masterminded the planting of the fake ballot papers that were intercepted by the Police in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi on Monday. “The NPP has absolutely nothing to do with the … Read more
The Electoral Commission has been chastised for not making a statement to reassure voters ahead of tomorrow’s election long after fake thumb-printed ballot papers were found in a hotel in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital. Captain Budu Koomson (retd), a security expert, and Dr Eric Oduro-Osai, governance expert, say the Commission and security agencies must … Read more
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
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
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the police to invite the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako for questioning over the seizure of bags containing thumb-printed ballots at a hotel in Kumasi. The NDC statement signed by its Ashanti regional secretary, Raymond Tandoh, described the attitude of … Read more
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
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
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
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
Police in the Ashanti Region have been charged to exhibit professionalism and neutrality in the discharge of their duties to ensure that the December 7 polls are conducted in an atmosphere of peace and justice. Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, says officers should not shirk their responsibilities under the cover of politics to … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has asked the Electoral Commission not fuel tension in the region by delaying election materials on voting day. Speaking at a meeting with District and Divisional Police Commanders in Kumasi on Friday, November, 25 COP Boakye said: “We are asking all stakeholders,especially the EC not to … Read more
Kofi Boakye gave the assurance in a newspaper interview Saturday after an emergency security meeting in the region. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander COP Nathan Kofi Boakye has allayed fears of any spill-over of a recent explosive device detonated at the resident of the deputy Ashanti regional minister, saying security has been beefed up. The … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye says the discovery of explosive-like materials in Kumasi should not cause fear and panic among residents of Kumasi. His comment follows rumours being propagated in mainstream and social media in the city about the incident. The police chief, in an interview with DAILY GUIDE, said the … Read more