Islamic SHS shooting: Dampare sacks Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, interdicts 2 others
Following the disturbances recorded in the Islamic Senior High School on Monday 13th June 2022 in the Ashanti Region, the GhanaPolice Service has removed the Deputy Ashanti Regional Commander DCOP Kwasi Akomeah Apraku from his position.
DCOP Apraku has also been interdicted together with two other senior officers.
The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Ghana Police Service.
“It was further established that even though nobody was hit by a bullet, the Police handling of the incident was poor and fell short of our standard operating procedure on crowd control.”
“As a result, the Deputy Regional Police Commander, DCOP/Mr Kwasi Akomeah Apraku, who was acting as the Regional Commander has been removed from his position and has been interdicted. Two other officers, ACP/Mr George Ankomah, the Regional Operations Officer, and ACP/Mr Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame Divisional Police Commander, have also been interdicted to make way for a thorough investigation into the incident,” the statement from the police added.
The police further assured in the statement that, the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) has commenced a full-scale investigation into the conduct of the officers who were responsible for the Police response.
Some aggrieved students of the Islamic Senior High School, Abrepo, Kumasi, took to the streets on Monday and blocked sections of the road to demonstrate against frequent motor traffic accidents in front of their school.
To aid in opening the road to normal traffic flow, police responded by firing warning shots and opening tear gas and pepper spray on the students.
“The students pelted the Police with stones and the Police used pepper spray and fired warning shots in an attempt to disperse them,” the police said in a statement.
Some students were injured following the disturbances and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
According to the police service, although nobody died during the disturbances, the way its officers handled the situation was poor and fell short of their standard operating procedure on crowd control.
Police clinical psychologists were subsequently deployed to visit the school to offer psychosocial support to the student body.
Read the police statement below.
