President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boamah as the acting Inspector General of Police.
Mr James Oppong-Boamah who until his appointment was the Deputy IGP, would act in that capacity pending the reconstitution of the Council of State before his confirmation as substantive Inspector-General.
Mr David Asante-Apeatu the current Inspector General of Police is to proceed on leave on Wednesday and the had to make the appointment to fill the vacuum created by the exit of Mr Asante-Apeatu.
Profile of Acting IGP David Asante Appeatu
COP Apeatu served as the Director of the Specialised Crime and Analysis (SCA) Unit at the INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon France.
He holds a Masters’ Degree in Chemistry from the Kharkov State University in Russia and is a trained Forensic Scientist in various disciplines, such as Document Examination, Firearms and Ballistics, and Controlled Drug Analysis.
He is a Government of Ghana gazette Firearms Examiner and also a gazetted Controlled Drug Analyst. Mr Asante-Apeatu has performed various assignments in Ghana, as well as outside Ghana.
Internationally, he had worked at the Sarajevo Police Academy as an instructor in Human Dignity, Police Ethics and Criminal Investigations under the auspices of the United Nations Task Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1997 to 1998.
He was the team leader in Homicide Investigation under the request of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNAMIL). He was the team leader in investigations into the mass murder of more than 50 people, mostly West African nationals, in The Gambia.
In Ghana, he was the Lead Investigator in the serial killing of more than 30 women that led to the arrest of a culprit who was prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to death.
Under the supervision of Mr Asante-Apeatu, and based on intelligence, the CID successfully conducted an operation that resulted in the seizure of 588 kilogrammes of cocaine with the street value of about $38 million.
Source: Ghwatchdog