Extortion in Kosovo: IGP Apologizes To Minister

Inspector General of Police Nana Owusu Nsiah has on behalf of his administration apologized to the acting Interior minister Dr. Kwame Addo- Kufuor for recent media reports linking him to the extortion of money from police officers on peace keeping duties.

Dr. Addo Kufuor, the IGP and an unnamed government official were named as collaborators in a scheme that involved the alleged collection of 500 dollars from 54 personnel to allow an extension of their duty stay in Kosovo. IGP Nana Nsiah says he has new information that the publication was the handy work of a senior officer unhappy about the popularity of the IGP and the acting interior minister. Nana Nsiah told police officers in Kumasi that the latest information was relayed to him on his way from Accra.

The report posted on Ghana Web accused the three officials of collecting 500 dollars Nana each from 54 personnel in order to allow an extension of the mandate in Kosovo. But IGP Nana Owusu Nsiah says is a deliberate ploy by people he describes as evil and wicked minded police personnel to discredit them.