{"id":57404,"date":"2014-10-17T15:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=57404"},"modified":"2014-10-18T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T10:44:08","slug":"we-wont-boot-lick-politicians-anymore-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=57404","title":{"rendered":"We won&#8217;t boot-lick politicians anymore &#8211; Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">A top Police official DCOP Angwubutoge Awuni has condemned frequent attempts by politicians and chiefs to manipulate the Police for their selfish interests and said, the Police will no longer entertain such practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Police in Tamale had expressed their unhappiness about how the two main chieftaincy gates in the region, Abudus and Andanis, are <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/17\/abudus-and-andanis-frustrating-tamale-police\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>hampering their efforts to maintain sanity on the roads<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, because they belong to either the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ytcTehOFkyLgm9ZhowPtZNvJyu82xUvX&#8221;]Addressing some tipper truck drivers in the region, the National Director of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MMTD), \u00a0DCOP Angwubutoge\u00a0Awuni\u00a0described as &#8220;totally unacceptable&#8221; such practices and said the &#8220;Police will no longer condone it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He revealed that he was transferred from his former station in Tamale because he would not kowtow to the dictates of former \u00a0Northern Regional Minister Moses Mabenga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He recounted: &#8220;I remember I arrested tipper truck drivers here and the Police station was besieged and Moses [Mabenga] told me that I am bringing problem into the area and I said &#8216;sir I am a Police officer, I&#8217;m not a political figure, either I go or the laws are enforced and that is why I left.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">DCOP Awuni advised the drivers and said:\u00a0\u201cThe politicians will come and play us against each other because of individual selfish gains, they will need our votes, and they wouldn&#8217;t even care when we are killing each other for their votes. Tell them our lives are more important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf we think that we will not maintain our vehicles because we have politicians behind us, I think we are doing ourselves a very big disservice because their time will come and they will go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Listen to DCOP Angwubutoge Awuni&#8217;s audio attachment below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/172580960&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" height=\"450\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Police official DCOP Angwubutoge Awuni has condemned frequent attempts by politicians and chiefs to manipulate the Police for their selfish interests and said, the Police will no longer entertain such practices. 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