At least fourteen police personnel have been interdicted by the Ghana Police Service after their repatriation from South Sudan for alleged sexual misconduct.
They were reportedly part of the forty-six officers who were sent back home from a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for alleged sexual exploitation.
The Police Administration has ordered for the residences of the interdicted officers to be searched and all weapons, uniforms and other police accouterments retrieved.
The action by the police comes on the heels of the Police’s Press Statement on the matter communicating “its fullest cooperation and support to investigate the alleged sexual exploitation and abuse case.”
Some UN peacekeeping efforts have come under fire over reports of similar acts of sexual misconduct.
In the last quarter of 2017, the UN revealed that it had received 40 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse were made against United Nations peacekeeping missions, agencies, funds and programs and implementing partners.
The 14 interdicted police officers are:
Desupol/Mr. Henry Ntikura Agyemang
Sgt Richard Boahen Amponsah
CPL. Degraft Osei Nyantakyi
CPL. K. Dodzi Homey
CPL. Kennedy Agyei
CPL. Imoro Dandzumah
CPL. Isaac Frimpong
L/CPL Bismark Eyram Dunyo
L/CPL Douglas Ofori
L/CPL David Asinyo
L/CPL Ibrahim Issaku Musah
L.CPL Kingsley Etse Lotsu
