The two have been arrested alongside the lead inspector in the case, who was said to have been bribed to aid the convicts’ escape.

The three are identified as Chief Inspector Kennedy Kwame Nyanteh with the Twedie Police station, Inspector William Armah with the Ashanti Regional Visibility and Detective unit, and Sergeant Kyei Mensah at the Ashanti Regional Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

According to a statement signed by the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah, the officers were arrested on Wednesday, January 2018 when it was detected that the two convicted prisoners could not be traced.

The pair; Emmanuel Kwame Nyanteh and Frederick Asante, were found guilty by the KMA Circuit Court for robbery, and sentenced to Eleven (11) and ten (10) years with hard labour respectively on October 12, 2017.

The statement also disclosed that, one of the convicts Kwame Nyanteh, 33, was rearrested today [Friday].

The statement said preliminary investigations identified detective Sergeant Mensah as the investigator of the case, who also aided the escape of the convicts by not taking them to the Kumasi Central Prisons to serve their respective sentences.

The statement added that, the investigator admitted aiding the escape of the convicts, and stated that the two other officers influenced him with GHc 1,000 to free the convicts.

The statement further indicated that the chief Inspector, Kwame Nyanteh and Inspector Armah, after their arrest, also admitted influencing the investigator with the said amount.

The Command, however, indicated that, efforts are underway to apprehend the other escapee, Frederick Asante, 28, who is currently at large.

COP Yeboah stated that, the Command will not protect officers who misconduct themselves in the line of duty.

The Command has also instituted a team to delve into all closed cases to establish whether or not convicts are always taken to Prison after they have been sentenced by the court.

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By: Hafiz Tijani/Citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo was appointed by former President Johm Mahama in 2016 and his time in charge of the Ministry was marked by open disagreements with the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

While the GFA accused the Minister of ‘witch-hunting’ and trying to find faults with their deeds, he said he only wanted to ensure that there was transparency in the domain.

In line with that assertion, he recently stated in an interview on Atinka TV’s “Sports Court” that he refused to take sums of money he considered as bribes from several people since very often their origins were very unclear.

He said as quoted on Ghana Soccernet:

“It is not only Muntaka (Mubarak) but I know what led to the downfall of Rashid Pelpuo and several other ministers. “There were attempts made by GFA officials to bribe me but I was smarter than them. I rejected envelopes that were sent to me without a proper source. You have to ask why I never traveled with the national teams on their trips while I was in office. When a minister travels with the team, a lot of things happen.”

He went on to say: “I have been in this and I know. While on trip with the team, they will bring you an envelope full of money in dollars and you’ll not even be allowed to sign for it.”

“I will say some of the previous sports ministers were not so much on top of football issues and so they made some payments and approved budgets which were way off. It is not only Inusah Fuseini who planted a camera in his office. I also had a camera and I recorded all the suspicious meetings I had in my office.”

‘There are a lot of things that I have kept because I know that if I break my silence, it will not end well for Ghana football,” he added.

Nii Lante Vanderpuye was replaced by Isaac Asiamah in January 2017 when the New Patrotic Party came into office after winning the 2016 General Elections.

By: Citi Sports

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