GhanaWeb has learnt that a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Paul Tawiah Quaye, has died.

According to information from starrfm.com.gh, the former head of the Ghana Police Service died on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at the age of 73.

Sources close to the family, the report added, confirmed that Quaye had not been well for some time, contributing to his disappearance from the public eye.

The late Paul Tawiah Quaye was born on May 6, 1953.

He was appointed as the IGP of the Ghana Police Service by the late President John Evans Atta Mills.

He acted as the head of the Ghana Police Service from May 16, 2009, to February 5, 2013.

The family is expected to announce burial and funeral arrangements soon.

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