The family petitioned the IGP over the matter but the Police personnel at Akroso absolved themselves of blame in Prince Kwabena Kumi’s death, saying they impounded the latter’s car as he was drunk and allowed him to continue his journey on a commercial vehicle and told him to report back later to the police.
But the Director of Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS) COP Nathan Kofi Boakye told the media at a briefing that the police officers who accosted the deceased are under investigation by the Police Service.
“The police officers who accosted the man initially who allowed him to go are facing service inquiry. Why, if a policeman accost somebody driving, the first thing is that the man should be arrested and charged with drink driving. You cannot say that you’re collecting the car and allow the man to go. Therefore after investigations by PIPS it was recommended that the policeman who accosted the deceased first, and his station officer misconducted themselves professionally and so they are undergoing service inquiry.”
