{"id":97604,"date":"2015-03-09T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T08:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=97604"},"modified":"2015-03-09T08:41:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T08:41:38","slug":"minister-shocked-over-possible-involvement-of-timbilla-in-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/minister-shocked-over-possible-involvement-of-timbilla-in-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister shocked over possible involvement of Timbilla in scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Interior, Mr Mark Woyongo has expressed shock at the alleged involvement of the Director-General in charge of Police Human Resource, COP Patrick Timbilla, in the recent Police recruitment scam<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”yq1mIJ8zti1Z4rIj53guulzCp4plAHl9″]\u201cI am not only surprised I\u2019m shocked. If it is true, I will be shocked because I thought his rank is such that I don\u2019t expect him to go down to that level. I want to believe that it is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n Hundreds of people thronged various Police training depots for enlistment but later found out it was all a scam.<\/p>\n COP Timbilla was subsequently put under house arrest<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for his alleged involvement in the scandal.<\/p>\n Speaking on Radio Ghana on Sunday, Mr. Woyongo said government is keenly following the development and will support any recommendation from the Police service.<\/p>\n When asked whether there was the need to set an independent body to investigate the issue, the Interior Minister said his \u201cministry has no objection to any independent investigation but I am convinced that the police are capable of investigating this.\u201d<\/p>\n He explained that \u201cafter their investigation or after their report, if we are not satisfied with the outcome of the investigation we can still ask for an independent organization to investigate this issue. That is why we are thinking of the establishment of an independent police commission. If independent commission was in place it would have investigated this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n