The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Ernest Owusu Poku has directed the transfer of Inspector Adu Gyamfi, the Officer-In-Charge of Dawa Police Station with immediate effect.

This followed allegations that Mr Adu Gyamfi has been chasing two married women in the town. He was alleged to have been caught red-handed in bed with one of the said women by the husband. Mr Kwesi Nkansa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) in charge of Administration at the Police Headquarters disclosed this in an interview with the “Times” in Accra.

He explained that the transfer was to enable the police to conduct independent investigation into the allegations. DCOP Nkansa noted that, the Chief of Dawa near Sege, Nene Duamor Agborkor X, in a letter to the IGP, alleged that, Mr Adu Gyamfi, in order to cover his activities with the two married women, had rented a room for each of them at Sege.

It alleged that Adu Gyamfi turned the Police Station into a warehouse for smugglers commuting between Lome and Accra. Adu Gyamfi was alleged to have been collecting ?100,000 from every vehicle that discharge smuggled goods at the police station. The letter mentioned Toyota mini buses GT 5734 R, GT 3606 F, GR2775 M, GR 8599 R, and GT2145 F, as some of the vehicles involved in the illegal business.

It alleged that Adu Gyamfi had no respect for anybody in the town; not even the ruling clan. He was said to have threatened to arrest and prosecute anybody who dare comment on his behaviour. It further alleged that Toyota mini bus, GT 7935 A, in a bid to collect smuggled goods lodged at the police station, knocked down an old woman.

Adu Gyamfi’s behaviour according to the letter has brought about a strained relationship between the Chief and the people in the town. Mr Nkansa noted that as a result of the gravity of the allegations, the IGP had decided to effect the transfer of Adu Gyamfi, to bring peace to the area while the matter was investigated.