Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has commended the Ghana Police Service for suspending an earlier notice announcing the interdiction of some three senior officers in connection with the parliamentary inquiry on the leaked audio recording.
The Service on Thursday, September 7 announced a decision by the Police Administration to interdict George Alex Mensah, a Commissioner of Police (COP), Emmanuel Eric Gyebi, a Superintendent, and George Lysander Asare, another Superintendent.
“The interdiction is to make way for disciplinary proceedings into their conduct in line with Police Service regulations,” the statement from the Service said.
But barely 24 hours later, the Service rescinded the decision.
“In order not to prejudice the ongoing probe, the Police Administration has suspended their interdiction,” the statement signed by Public Affairs Director ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi deep Thursday said.
Speaking on The Keypoints on TV3/3FM on Saturday, September 9, Mr Kpebu said: “We must commend the Police Administration for pulling back.”
“That is the right thing they did, to have pulled back. Let the parliamentary committee finish its work and then we will take it up from there.”
He said the revelations so far at the sitting are “totally bad” and “unnerving”, therefore, making any decision to wait till all is done welcoming.
“These officers who have come, at least two of them – Supt Asare and COP Alex Mensah – have made allegations against the IGP, so once that was done and you know some of the allegations are beginning to gain some traction, so it was just better that they didn’t go on with the disciplinary proceedings,” he said.
But in the withdrawal statement, the police said they will “commence disciplinary proceedings into their conduct upon completion of the ongoing probe by Parliament”.