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Police increase bribe charges

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  • NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

    THAT IS THE WAY TO GO! THE POLICE DESEERVE IT! GHANA IS HARD!

  • OSBON 10 years ago

    This is not news. its part of life living in Ghana and driving.
    Bribe upon Bribe every day.
    Yet they live like ghetto dwellers in the barracks.
    Their wives and children wearing poor and dirty cloths.
    Ghana Police officer ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    Author: Gye Nyame...
    This is the way the administration flows, they are only apologizing because the 91 year old decided that she was not going to take it lying down, other wise they would have rolled over her and done the c ...
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  • Lafia 10 years ago

    see their lives when they retire? they only become horrible liabilities for the society,, drunkards,, crazy dirty and poor mice,, let them continue

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    ALL THESE BRIBES DO NOTHING BUT TAKE REAL REVENUE AWAY FROM THE POCKETS OF THE GH POLICE FORCE. THIS IS MONEY THAT CAN GO TOWARDS REAL SALARIES, REAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEV, REHABBING POLICE STATIONS, ETC....GH POLICE IS A PIMITI ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    or quit and get a security job...these Niggers hang on for gov pension then cities like Detroit Michigan usa and soon Ghana declare bankruptcy so they don't have to pay pensions

  • Hopeless IGP 10 years ago

    Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Where's that foolish world best Ghana police IGP Mohammed Alhassan my foot.... Hahahahahahahahaha... Self praising IGP who pays people to say good things about him. What a disgrace we call Ghana police ...
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  • OLDMAN GYASI 10 years ago

    WHAT A COUNTRY CALLED GHANA WHERE EVERYBODY IS CORRUPT FROM HEAD TO TOE.

  • ebo smithe 10 years ago

    truck Drivers from 5 gh to 10gh

  • CAPE COAST BOY 10 years ago

    SHAME ON GHANA POLICE

  • KOFI YESU 10 years ago

    This is nothing new,the ASP will send the guys from MTTU every morning to do road checks then the guys are expected to do `sales` when they come back.
    The MTTU is the most corrupt place in the police service and i have heard ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    DO U THINK FOREIGN INVESTORS, BUSINESSES WILL COME TO GH WHEN THEY READ THIS?

  • Gym Gee 10 years ago

    Then tell that media and power hungry IGP to shut up and stop lying to himself by saying the Ghana police is among the World Best police force. Ghana police need new IGP and education with training period. This igp lacks know ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    only people that invest in treasury bonds will take chance

  • Duodu 10 years ago

    Ido not understand what you are saying.We have drivers ,who commit the traffic offences and pay money to go free on one side. On the other side you have these corrupt policemen who demand or accept the bribes . The whole pop ...
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  • Zombie Killer 10 years ago

    The most corrupt institution in Ghana,and the IGP came out and bragging

  • Zombie Killer 10 years ago

    The incompetent IGP was bragging yesterday

  • OSEI JAPAN 10 years ago

    THE IGP SAYS GHANA POLICE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD HOW CAN NTAFOR DO POLICEING WORK THEY STEAL ANYTHING KIDS PAMPAS

  • Red bomber 10 years ago

    Osei,you are very very stupid idiot

  • KOFI ADDO 10 years ago

    The Ashantis and the Akims with their npp look down upon other tribes especially the northners and the ewes and yet they want to win elections,if they refrain from this mentality the will come out from opposition.

  • AUSSIE 10 years ago

    KOFI U ARE STUPIED

  • The Stallion 10 years ago

    In what language was this article written?

  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    The poor English rankled on my brain more than the story of the police increasing their take home daily bribe. "Personal" was repeated 3 times instead of the correct word "personnel", for instance. Such semi-illiteracy!

    It ...
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  • Seth, UK 10 years ago

    Folks most users of this platform is tarnishing the credibility it's meant to command. Could anybody just dream and publish it here? No any reliable facts or references to check what they publish? What a waste of time and Int ...
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  • Nii Kootse. 10 years ago

    Please, you too must stop the recycling of this nonsense.
    You are like a person who thinks of change but has nothing to contribute to the change.
    So you too sit and think and know what you want written here. Vultures do n ...
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  • Seth, UK 10 years ago

    Nii, if contributors have appreciation for relevance and courtesy to discuss issues on this platform it would be attractive to discerning people of Ghana to find divergent answers to issues on the platform.
    Anyway, what I th ...
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  • Olivia 10 years ago

    You are very stupid Seth. What's wrong about telling the truth and what the police is doing. Are u this stupid. Even American presidents are brought on the news when they act a fool or are u telling us to sit here in Ghana qu ...
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  • Seth, UK 10 years ago

    Can't you juast make your point without insults? How can the IGP perform any better under people like your kind? I'm disappointed you are misconducting yourself in this manner.

  • Seth, UK 10 years ago

    Can't you just make your point without insults? How can the IGP perform any better under people like your kind? I'm disappointed you are misconducting yourself in this manner.

  • Olivia 10 years ago

    Idiot what point are u talking about when we all know who this igp is. Do u think I don't know u are one of his boys that say great things about him that are not true.... Fool.

  • Seth, UK 10 years ago

    Evidently, your attitude depicts signs of frustration and despodency in your own life. It's not your fault cos when people come to such situation in life they kind of blame everyone for their predicament, thereby grinding th ...
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  • honda 10 years ago

    where is that foolish I G P who said they are one of the best in the world, he should come and tell us in what are they best

  • kofi 10 years ago

    can u insult ur useless father in ur useless cottage like that?

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    REGIONAL POLICECHIEFS.DO U RECORD THESE BRIBES. OR DO THEOFFICERS USE THIS AS POCKET MONEY? HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE POLICE SERVICE LOSING BCOS OF THIS. BUGA BUGA ADMINISTRATION RIGHT FROM THE TOP. NO WONDER REGIONAL POLICE DEPT ...
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  • Osabere kotoko 10 years ago

    Wooooo. VAT on bribes? Jesus shoul hurry up and come soonest! Ghana police.? You re too much!

  • Ghana's Children Murdered by the Corr 10 years ago

    Ghana Police Has a Reputation to Protect?

    Ok ok, do you not know that Ghanaian/black bigots are the loudest complainants about racism? Motherfucker bigots.

    And why do our Sakawa "Prophets" keep accepting bribe money and ...
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  • JASON 10 years ago

    What a freaking unlawful nation is Ghana. Full of thiefs and corrupt individuals.

    BAH! SHAME TO EVERY SINGLE GHANAIAN and yet what do they do, they relocate these thiefs to do it somewhere ells.

    EVERY GHANAIAN SHOULD BE ...
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  • Hazor 10 years ago

    NDC better Ghana Agenda is on course.Both drivers and Police personnels are feeling it the effect of NDC better Ghana Agenda which Mahama used GHC300million from the state coffers for common furnitures to better his agenda wh ...
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  • osumanu fatau. 10 years ago

    i g p also get his booty and so he can not stop his men from taken bribe. it is a tradition.

  • Ben 10 years ago

    The drivers who offer the bribes are also culprits and I challenge them to be brave enough to refuse paying the bribes. If they stop the overloading, get their documents in order, no policeman will get bribe from them.

  • Obed Adore 10 years ago

    That's right Ben,
    I always refuse to give room for a taxi driver to over load his care. I cited safety and my comfort. The drivers argued that thy need to take the "overload" in order to offset the cost in bribing the police ...
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  • angle man 10 years ago

    CANTS INDIVIDUAL GHANIANS CATCH THIS POLICEMEN ON CAMERA.AND SPREAD THE VIDEO ON THE INTERNET FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE....

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    PRISON LABOR FOR REVENUE
    ROSE ATINGA BIO FOR IGP GHANA!
    GOOGLE "BILLIONS BEHIND BARS"
    1. PAY PRISONERS A SMALL WAGE TO WORK
    2. TRAIN THEM SO WHEN THEY COME OUT THEY BECOME PRODCUTIVE CITIZENS
    3. PRISONERS COULD SERVE AS ...
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  • SMOOTH 10 years ago

    THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS NO GOOD.....WHERE ARE THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOANS THESE POLITICIAN'S GETS FROM COUNTRIES....

  • Labaray 10 years ago

    Mohammed Alhassan is just a disgrace to Ghana. I understand now when he says Ghana police is among the world's best meaning among the world's best in corruption and stealing. He's in his big office taking the huge bribes and ...
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  • BEN ABAIDOO 10 years ago

    SHAMEFUL ACT,INDEED.TOTAL OVERHAULING(FRM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM) OF THE SERVICE IS THE ONLY PANACEA.

  • hahahahaha 10 years ago

    oh fat kpoto igp alhassan mohammed what are u doing wit ur world best loosing officers hahahahahaha stop talking to much and sit ur fat butt somewhere

  • JAMES Y 10 years ago

    To' The Independent Newspaper editor; please, double check what is printed in the newspaper - make the required corrections - before it is in the public domain. Your first paragraph of the above article should read;...(PERSON ...
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  • lariba 10 years ago

    Any evidence to prove this?I personally dont believe the story.

  • RINGO 10 years ago

    The Whiteman is laughing.SO,WHILE BRIBERY IS A SERIOUS crime in the Whiteman's country,it's a normal thing in THE BLACKMAN'S country and AFRICANS even have the "POWER" to increase it.

  • SAM CANADA 10 years ago

    it is very true the police take bribe go to Tema on the general hospital road from Ashaiman to Tema the police take it filinfilin they do not care because they say the senior officers do get the ...
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  • sam(usa) 10 years ago

    this is a big shame on the mttu of the ghana police.i didnt know how bad it was until i visited ghana 6 yrs ago.on my journey from takoradi to accra,our commercial driver had to pay bribes at all the check points.thats when i ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    and record them and post on youTube

  • The police cannt be trusted 10 years ago

    MTTU All over Ghana are exorting monies from all drivers not only commercial drivers. The good IGP please take action on MTTU officials now to safe the good image of the police.

  • Joe kwasasa 10 years ago

    This igp is useless and stupid. He talks more than he works so stopping trying to pain him nice cus we all know he's weak period

  • Agbezi Ayivor Kumah 10 years ago

    Some people have damage the image already. The question is, is this government committed to fighting the almost institutionalised corruption? Ghana is finished.

  • nana yaw 10 years ago

    how much can a driver give to sustain a policeman as compared to "THE BIG ENVELOPES" you take at your various offices as token of appreciation of which you don't classify as bribe. Please, before you talk about the Police, ki ...
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  • A CONCERN GHANAIAN 10 years ago

    is it only the police that you have seen what about the DVLA who are suppose to help the drivers to do the right thing yet they frustrate the drivers thereby forcing them to use fake driving license and that has also given th ...
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  • anna 10 years ago

    the country is collapsing!!!! how sad!!!!!