Shake up in police hierarchy; 6 new regions get police commanders

The six newly created regions are the Western North, Bono East, Ahafo, Savannah, North East and the Oti regions.

A statement from the police headquarters said the Upper West Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mr Kwadwo Boapea Otchere, would move to the Western North Region as the Commander while DCOP Mr Emmanuel Djan Kyere, currently the Second in Command in the Eastern Region, would head the Bono East Region.

The Second in Command of the Central Region, DCOP Mr Enoch Adutwum Bediako, is now the Regional Commander for the Savannah Region, while the Second in Command in the Greater Accra Region, DCOP Mr Kwaku Boadu Peprah, is the Regional Commander for the Ahafo Region.

For the North East Region, the Regional Commander is DCOP Mr Albert Nang Baa Denkaabe, who until the new appointment was the Armourer General at the National Police Headquarters.

The Oti Region has as its Regional Commander DCOP Mr Osei Asibey Ahenkan, who was the Deputy Director General, MTTD, with DCOP Mr Francis Aboagye Nyarko, Director General PSO, moving to the Upper West Region as the Regional Commander.

The Second in Command (2i/c) of the Ashanti Region, DCOP Mr Fredrick Adu Anim, is now the Regional Commander for Greater Accra.

Transferred to the Bono East Region as 2i/c is ACP Mr Winfred Boahen Frimpong, who was the Divisional Commander of the Cantonments Police, while ACP Mr Okyere Darku Asumadu, the Ashanti Regional Courts Head moves to the Bono East Region as the 2i/c.

Transfers

ACP Mr Afful Boakye Yiadom, the 2i/c of the Bono Region, has been transferred to the Eastern Region as 2 i/c, ACP Mr David Agyemang Adjem, the Divisional Commander, Baatsona, Greater Accra, heads for the Ashanti Region as 2i/c, while ACP Mr Charles Damanban, the Divisional Commander, Dormaa Ahenkro, is transferred to the Savannah Region as 2i/c.

ACP Mr Emmanuel Afriyie Sakyi, the Nima Divisional Commander, has been moved to the Greater Accra Region as 2i/c.

ACP Mr Moses Ali Kpeachiri, the Divisional Commander, Asankragwa, becomes the 2i/c for the North East Region with ACP Mr Sebastian Atsu Wemegah, Wenchi Divisional Commander, becoming the 2i/c, Savannah Region.

Also affected are ACP Mr Ernest Akrasi K. Mensah of the National Police Training School, Accra, who is now the 2i/c for the Western Region, as ACP Mr Joseph Antwi Gyawu, the Kintampo Divisional Commander, becomes the new 2i/c for the Ahafo Region.

IGP explains

The IGP explained that the movements to the new regions necessitated the transfer of new superior officers to fill the vacant positions created.

He said some divisional commanders had, by the movements, assumed higher roles of Second-in-Commands.

The appointments, he said, were expected considering the fact that the new regions must have their complements of security managers and regional security councils.