This is according to a communique from the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu sighted by Citi News.

[contextly_sidebar id=”CfZwT0sK5yvjO3pUTe5ZzB4JUkAwCgZZ”]DCOP Addo-Danquah, then with the rank of ACP, was directed to act as the Director General of the CID after DCOP Bright Oduro, had been relieved of the position in October 2017.

COP Bright Oduro was previously the Director General in charge of Welfare at the Police Service before being moved to the CID as the new Director-General in January 2017.

He was set to retire in January 2018 after 29 years of service.

The reasons for Bright Oduro’s dismissal remain unknown. However, a report by the Daily Guide Newspaper on Monday suggested that there were a series of petitions against him in some land-related issues.

He subsequently accused the police hierarchy of unfair treatment and lamented that he was not given a fair hearing over allegations that he was protecting land-guards in Accra.

DCOP Addo-Danquah controversy

DCOP Addo-Danquah, was also enveloped in controversy when she was accused by Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus, of trying to cover-up some malfeasance in the probe of President Akufo-Addo’s two Deputy Chiefs of Staff.

In an audio said to be a leaked recording of a conversation between A-Plus and ACP Addo-Danquah, the police officer was heard advising A-Plus to deny the allegations because he is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Police officer was accused of misconduct in the manner she handled the investigation, per the details of the telephone conversation that appeared unprofessional and compromised.

She later claimed that the tape was doctored to portray her in a bad light, a claim A-Plus denied.

DCOP Anthony Tennyson Aidoo was also confirmed as the Director General of ICT in the same communique.

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He bemoans why he was not given a fair hearing over allegations that he is protecting activities of some land-guards in Accra, after 29 years of service.

[contextly_sidebar id=”ZagWPdgxNS4BOBMnDZhvCMJnqSZU10Cx”]The  Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is on record to have openly accused Mr. Bright Oduro of having connections with land-guards whose activities have been described as illegal and worrying by Ghanaians.

While dismissing those allegations, ACP Oduro said the Police service should have given him a fair hearing before arriving at the decision to relieve him of his position.

“I don’t think that I deserve to be told to go on leave in such an abrupt manner because there was no reason for me to proceed on leave except that I have heard somewhere that I am pending retirement and I have an accumulated leave and therefore I should proceed on leave. I have no idea why I was asked to proceed on leave except what I read in the Daily Guide that I am not managing land-guard issues well. Kennedy Agyapong has even been waging a relentless verbal assault on me since April; three months into my appointment as Director General, and I believe the reason to go on leave stems from this verbal assault that links me to land-guards.”

“Who are these landguards that I associate with? There are so many questions about this thing. It should have been well responded to and I should have been given the opportunity to respond to them. I do not think it’s fair for anyone to ascribe those things to me. When the Miotso incident happened last year, I was not the Director General, and as I speak to you, the docket sits at the AG’s office so why would he mention it?”

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, in a document cited by Citi News yesterday, asked Bright Oduro’s deputy, ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, to act as the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

ACP Addo-Danquah until her appointment, was the second in command at the CID and was in charge of the newly established Financial Forensic Unit to investigate cases of financial crime in the public sector.

She mounted a spirited defense of her actions, following the release of a tape recording in which she is heard speaking to Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus, who had accused President Akufo-Addo’s two Deputy Chiefs of Staff of some malfeasance.

A plus is on record to have subsequently apologized to the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff for wrongfully accusing them.

Retiring police officers work till their last day – Bright Oduro

Mr. Oduro confirmed that he was indeed due for retirement on January 3, 2018, but discounted the police administration’s explanation for the new development.

He explained he should have normally started his terminal leave on August 30, 2017 but the convention in the Police Service is that, officers stay on till their last day, and that is exactly what had initially been planned for him, until he was surprisingly asked to proceed on leave last Friday without any explanation.

He insisted a number of serving officers have recently similarly stayed on and worked till their final day and so when he expressed his desire to stay on and work beyond August 30, 2017 and no officer was appointed to replace him, it was an acknowledgment he was going to stay until January 3, 3018.

“All other officers who retired recently used their leave to work, why is Bright Oduro alone to proceed on leave and hand over.”?

“Whoever has taken that decision has not given me a hearing apart from in June there about, when I spoke to the deputy Minister of Interior about it, otherwise no one has spoken to me on it,” he said and added his removal was premised on “complete misinformation and peddling of falsehood against him.”

He, therefore, suggested the Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah masterminded his untimely removal by sidelining with Kennedy Agyapong’s radio allegations without giving him a hearing.

He also said the police administration failed to hear him out and used the radio complaints against him without any official complaint being lodged with the service or he [Oduro] being offered an opportunity to explain himself.

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ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has thus been directed by the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, to act as the Director General of the CID.

[contextly_sidebar id=”RfiyFjUOl5nP4mDlNqfXjQ77rWBwo0lh”]This directive is to take immediate effect, according to a document sighted by Citi News.

COP Bright Oduro was the Director General in charge of Welfare at the Police Service before being moved to the CID as the new Director General in January 2017.

His replacement, ACP Addo-Danquah, was recently in the news after being accused by Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus, of trying to cover-up some malfeasances in the probe of President Akufo-Addo’s two Deputy Chiefs of Staff.

In an audio said to be a leaked recording of a conversation between A-Plus and ACP Addo-Danquah, the police officer was heard advising the A-Plus to deny the allegations because he is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Police officer was largely accused of misconduct in the manner she handled the investigation, per the details of the telephone conversation that appeared unprofessional and compromised.

She later claimed that the tape was doctored to portray her in a bad light, a claim A-Plus denied.

Many had expected that the police officer would have been sanctioned by the service, instead of being promoted.

Bright Oduro’s removal

Reasons for Bright Oduro’s dismissal remain unknown. However, a report by the Daily Guide Newspaper on Monday suggested that there were a series of petitions against him in some land-related issues, particularly land guards.

Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, has been waging a relentless campaign against COP Oduro for his alleged connection with land guards.

Just last Thursday, Mr. Agyapong was on Accra-based Oman FM lambasting the police chief over a case involving some policemen at Miotso, near Tema.

According to reports, two people – Francis Tetteh Botchway, 67; and Mohammed Dziwornu, 29 – were murdered in broad daylight at Miotso on December 29, 2016, allegedly by a team of five policemen from the Tema Regional Police Command.

The incident, which occurred as a result of a gun battle over a piece of land, also left six other persons with various degrees of gunshot wounds.

The Tema Police retrieved two pump action guns, a pistol, one AK 47 rifle with double magazine loaded, Jeep Cherokee and Mercedes Benz cars.

The CID headquarters took over investigations into the shooting incident, which occurred in the Ningo-Prampram District, but is yet to arrest and prosecute any suspect as at now.

Bright Oduro was set to retire in January 2018, but less than three months to his exit; he has already been shown the door.

He was CID boss for about 10months.

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In a short statement, the couple – who married in July 2011 – expressed their “immense joy” at the news.

The statement said the birth was expected before the end of the year, but gave no further details.

The new baby will replace Princess Caroline – Prince Albert’s older sister – as heir to the throne.

Prince Albert already has two children from previous relationships – 22-year-old daughter Jazmin and 10-year-old son Alexandre.

Olympic swimmer

The tiny principality of Monaco, which covers about 2sq km (less than one square mile), is the world’s smallest independent state after the Vatican City.

Prince Albert is the son of the late Prince Rainier III and actress Grace Kelly.

Princess Grace died after a car crash in 1982, and Prince Rainier died in 2005.

Prince Albert II has been Monaco’s ruler since the death of his father.

He met Charlene Wittstock when he was presiding over a swimming race in 2000. She then went on represent South Africa in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

They officially made their debut as a couple at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

Since their marriage, her official title is Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco.

Source: BBC

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