‘Dampare’s response to British High Commissioner
misguided and regrettable’ – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has also added
its voice to the widespread condemnation which has greeted the Ghana Police
Service’s letter to the British High Commissioner to Ghana.
According to the party, the response was unwarranted.
Madam Harriet Thompson in a tweet said she was looking
out for the outcome of the #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s
latest arrest.
“Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of #FixTheCountry
movement, arrested again, I understand [it’s] for a motoring offense [and he’s
currently] on his way to court. I’ll be interested to see where this goes…,” she
said in a tweet on Tuesday, May 17.
However, the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George
Akuffo Dampare said the High Commissioner’s comments on the matter were from “a
biased or uninformed position.”
“Ordinarily, the Ghana Police Service would not have
responded to comments such as yours, obviously made from either a biased or
uninformed position.”
“However, we have learnt from a previous painful
experience that it has not been helpful to ignore such misguided, unwarranted,
and biased comments intended to tarnish the reputation of the Ghana Police
Service and that of our country.”
But NDC in a press release signed by its General
Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, maintained that the response from the IGP was
“misguided and regrettable”.
“The IGP’s regrettable and misguided letter has the
tendency of jeopardizing the enviable cordial bilateral relations between Ghana
and Britain.”
The party added that the IGP should have made his
grievances known to the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry for
onward action.
“The NDC takes the considered view that
Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare should have raised his
concerns about the British High Commissioner’s tweet on Oliver
Barker-Vormawor’s latest arrest with Ghana’s Foreign Minister through the
Minister of the Interior for it to be addressed via the usual diplomatic
channels.”
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