Sex scandal rock Ghana police in Darfur

... Deported Officer Being Protected

THE hard-won reputation of Ghana in International Peace-keeping built over the years by its crop of peace keepers was dented in Sudan last year, when a Senior Police Officer serving in the African Union (AU) Peace-Keeping Mission in Daffur, was caught in a sex and extortion scandal and deported to Ghana.

However, almost one year after the top ranking Police Officer was found guilty of the sex scandal and deported back home, the Police Administration has kept the matter close to its chest and instead of taking punitive action against the sex-crazy cop, has quietly rewarded him with a lucrative position as the head of Motor Traffic &Transport Unit (MTTU) at Akim Oda.

The action by the IGP, Mr. Patrick Acheampong and his men has raised concerns as to whether the Police has a set of laws made for junior officers, and another different set for the senior officers.

THE SUN’s intelligent source in El-Fasher the headquarters of the AU Mission at Daffur-Sudan, indicated that ASP Ayamgah Yakubu, from Ghana who was Chief of Personnel for the AU mission at the time exploited his zip a little too much for comfort in a game of misconduct.

“Due to the countless complaints against ASP Yakubu, to the AU COMMISSIONER Mr. Parly from South Africa and his deputy Mr. Henry Dadzie, Ghana instituted its own investigations into the matter to ascertain its authenticity,’ a top-ranked AU Officer who pleaded anonymity told THE SUN on the phone.

At the end of the investigations ASP Yakubu was found culpable. A charge of sexual harassment and extortion of money from Police monitors were proferred against him. After preliminary work the case was forwarded to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where he appeared before a panel who tried him and pronounced him guilty.

After the trial he was deported back home in August, 2006 for the Police Service to act on his case.

A circular dated September 22, 2006 was issued by the AU at El-Fasher, explaining the circumstances that led to his deportation. Under Police Service rules if an officer was found to have mis-conducted himself the way Ayamgah Yakubu did, he was immediately sanctioned.

However ASP Yakubu never suffered the fate that should have befallen him instead, he was hurriedly posted to Akim Oda to head the divisional MTTU. When THE SUN reached the Police Public Relations directorate, DSP Kwasi Fori in February this year for his reaction, he requested for a questionnaire to that effect. However after almost five months after the questions were filed, the Police Administration has failed to debunk or confirm the issue.

When reached on his cell number of 0246-831697 on Friday press time for his version of the case, ASP Yakubu first owned up to the ownership of the cell number, but when fed with the facts of the case he changed his tongue, and suddenly denied being the owner of the line.

THE SUN had originally made contact with his office at Oda, which gave out his number only for him to first own up, and later deny ownership altogether.