{"id":255834,"date":"2016-10-07T15:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=255834"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:41:07","slug":"check-yourself-angry-police-chief-fires-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/check-yourself-angry-police-chief-fires-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Check yourself’ \u2013 Angry Police chief fires Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"
The commanding officer of the Formed Police Unit of the Ghana Police\u00a0Service, Chief Superintendent Naa Hamsah Yakubu, has jabbed the Executive Director of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, saying he \u201cmust check himself\u201d.<\/p>\n
The officer’s comment comes after\u00a0Franklin Cudjoe described the Police’s recent decision to suspend all motor vehicle\u00a0checks as “absurd”.<\/p>\n
\u201cIGP, you may have the power to bend the rules but not all rules Sir. This act of yours if true is banditry, lawless and encourages plunder on our roads.\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
But Chief Superintendent Naa Hamsah Yakubu, told the media on the sidelines of a Police press conference in Accra on Friday that, some organized groups had been unnecessarily criticizing the service for their performance over the years, yet chastise them when they takes steps to ensure quality policing service.<\/p>\n
SP Naa Yakubu said \u201cwe have over the last few years been leading something they call corruption perception index and every time we are rated first; the most corrupt institution, and the media picks it up, when you monitor closely fingers are pointed at our personnel on the roads.\u201d<\/p>\n
He lamented that, \u201cDon\u2019t we have the right as a human institution to also look at our operational methods, to regain our lost image? And you turn around just for political reasons to want to accuse us; then I think you need to observe yourself too.\u201d<\/p>\n
He expressed shock the Executive Director of the IMANI\u00a0Ghana would criticize the Police when they try to improve upon their operations even though he had accused them of performing badly in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cFranklin Cudjoe, I heard him comment about this and I think he needs to observe himself, because if you have always been in the forefront of accusing us as being the lead corrupt institution and we have reassigned ourselves and we are trying to redeem our image and you criticize the Police administration for putting things right, then I think that he is not right himself,\u201d the officer said.<\/p>\n
‘Police suspends vehicle checks’<\/strong><\/p>\n