COP Yohuno's appointment as deputy IGP not linked to leaked tape - Agordzo

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, recently acquitted and discharged in the high-profile coup plot case, has emphasised that there is no connection between the leaked tape and the president's appointment of Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the Deputy IGP in charge of operations.

Speaking on JoyNews on July 18, he said the president has power to appoint or disappoint persons occupying some offices in the country.

“There is no link between the leaked tape and what the president has done. Whatever is in the leaked tape, the report is with the president; he can do whatever he wants with the report. The report was not against the IGP; it was against Mr. Alex Mensah and 3 others. The president has the power to appoint and disappoint. If the president wants to change the IGP, he will do it without breaking any law. When the president changed the CDS, we did not make noise,” he stated.

ACP (Rtd.) Agordzo said COP Yohuno is one the finest police officers he has worked with, describing his appointment by the president as commendable.

On July 17, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Commissioner of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations.

The move has raised eyebrows, with many seeing it as an attempt to push out IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.

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