The Office of the President has reacted to claims of their involvement in the alleged dispute over a piece of land belonging to Ghana International School (GIS) in Accra.
In a statement issued by the Office, signed by its Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, said: the Office of the President does not have any interest in the piece of land in question and that no officer has been directed to interfere in any matter pertaining to the land at Cantoments.
GIS authorities accused Ibrahim Opoku, a Chief Police Superintendent with the Office of the President, of being involved in the encroachment. According to the authorities, Opoku led a truckload of building materials at dawn of August 29, to the land in question.
However, the official statement by the Office of the President revealed that Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku of the VVIP unit of the OOP did his professional duty by handing over alleged encroachers and suspects to the Cantonments Police Station when he chanced upon an altercation at the Cantonments barrier on his way from work.
Read the full statement below:
REJOINDER: GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (GIS) RESISTS ATTEMPTS TO ENCROACH ON ITS PROPERTY
The attention of the Office of the President has been drawn to an allegation that the Office, acting through the Head of the VVIP Unit has been involved in a dispute over a piece of land belonging to Ghana International School.
We wish to place on record the following:
i. the Office of the President does NOT have any interest whatsoever in the piece of land in question;
ii. no officer, agent or assign has been directed to secure and/or interfere in any matter pertaining to GIS land within Cantonments;
iii. the said Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Opoku of the VVIP unit of the OOP did his professional duty by handing over alleged encroachers and suspects to the Cantonments Police Station when he chanced upon an altercation at the Cantonments barrier on his way from work; and
iv. the Chief Superintendent submitted his credentials at the police station, as he is enjoined to do, as part of standard operating procedure in such situations.
In light of the above, the Office of the President has made a formal complaint to the Inspector General of Police to investigate the entire matter.
Meanwhile we call on the general public to disregard as false any statements to the contrary.
Eugene Arhin
Director of Communications
Office of the President
