DON'T TRANSFER DCOP KOFI BOAKYE-WTCH COMMITTEES

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Nana Sebeh Bususmuru addressing the media
The Ashanti Region Watch Committee has called on the President, John Dramani Mahama and the Police Administration to ignore calls by certain elements in the Ashanti region for the transfer of the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCoP Nathan Kofi Boakye. 

According to the Committee, even though DCoP Kofi Boakye might have stepped on some toes in the performance of his official duties, that should not be the motivation for anyone or group to call for his removal, considering the significant positive impact his leadership has brought to bear on peace and security in the Ashanti region during the relatively short period he has been in the helm of affairs of the Police Command. 

Speaking in an interview with some journalists in Kumasi, the Secretary of the Committee, Edwin Nana Sebeh Busumuru, recounted the various achievements the Kofi Boakye-led Regional Police Command has made in the almost one year of his stewardship. 

Nana Busumuru said for instance, that since the assumption of duty of Kofi Boakye, there has been a mark improvement in the level of personal and professional discipline among the Police personnel culminating in enhanced public trusts and confidence in the Service. 

Similarly, the rate of crime committed in the region, compared with the situation before DCoP Kofi Boakye’s arrival, has reduced drastically such that some public known criminal elements in the region have relocated not just from the region, but in neighbouring West African countries. 

Nana Busumuru said also that the increased Police visibility all over the region, especially at night, their swift response to distress calls, coupled with the closer collaboration with the various Community Watch Committees in fighting crime, have resulted in the creation of a peaceful environment for residents in the region to go about their lawful duties, with relatively no fear of attack from criminals. 

On behalf of the Committee, Nana Busumuru appealed also to the Asantehene to also show an interest in the continuous stay of DCoP Kofi Boakye as the Ashanti Regional Police Commander to lead the Police to fight crime in the region.

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