He's not my son - DCP

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Owusu Nsiah, Quarter Master of the Police Headquarters, Accra, has denied that John Aboagye Gyimah, 20, alleged to have been involved in the theft of ammunition from the Central Regional Police Armoury is his son.

Reacting to the stories carried by the two national dailies on Wednesday, he said that the boy is rather a distant relative".

DCP Owusu Nsiah said that reports reaching him indicated that Aboagye Gyimah misinformed the Central Regional Police Commander who also passed on that information to newsmen.

He mentioned the boy's parents as Mr Kwabena Aboagye, an Accra legal practitioner, and Ms Gloria Asiedua Takyi who is his (Nsiah) aunt.

The Deputy Police Commissioner showed to the 'Times', a personal record form faxed from Adisadel College, on which form Gyimah had mentioned Gloria Takyi as his parent and guardian.

He blamed the Regional Police Commander for misinforming newsmen, explaining that when the boys were arrested, the Regional Commander called him to enquire whether Gyimah was his son, which he denied.

"So, I am surprised that he went ahead and told newsmen that the boy is my son", DCP Owusu Nsiah stated, adding that the said publication had caused him a lot of embarrassment.