Office of the President responds to alleged GIS land takeover

The Office of the President has responded to claims of land takeover from the Ghana International School through the Head of the VVIP Unit.

A statement released and signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, clarified that the office has no interest in the land in question, contrary to earlier public speculations.

Describing the reports as false, the statement explained that Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku of the VVIP Unit of the Office of the President only intervened during an altercation between encroachers and those involved in the alleged takeover at the Cantonments Barrier while returning from work.

It added that Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku submitted his credentials to the police as part of standard procedures.

“The said Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku of the WIP unit of the OOP did his professional duty by handing over alleged encroachers and suspects to the Cantonments Police Station when he chanced upon an altercation at the Cantonments barrier on his way from work; and the Chief Superintendent submitted his credentials at the police station, as he is enjoined to do, as part of standard operating procedure in such situations,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the public has been urged to disregard the statements regarding the alleged take over.

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Read the full statement below:

For Immediate Release

REJOINDER: GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (GIS) RESISTS ATTEMPTS TO ENCROACH ON ITS PROPERTY

The attention of the Office of the President has been drawn to an allegation that the Office, acting through the Head of the VIP Unit has been involved in a dispute over a piece of land belonging to Ghana International School.

We wish to place on record the following:

i. the Office of the President does NOT have any interest whatsoever in the piece of land in question;

ii. no officer, agent or assign has been directed to secure and/or interfere in any matter pertaining to GIS land within Cantonments;

iii. the said Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku of the WIP unit of the OOP did his professional duty by handing over alleged encroachers and suspects to the Cantonments Police Station when he chanced upon an altercation at the Cantonments barrier on his way from work; and

iv. the Chief Superintendent submitted his credentials at the police station, as he is enjoined to do, as part of standard operating procedure in such situations.

In light of the above, the Office of the President has made a formal complaint to the Inspector General of Police to investigate the entire matter.

Meanwhile we call on the general public to disregard as false any statements to the contrary.

Eugene Arhin

Director of Communications

Office of the President

MAG/AE