Patrick Timbilla was interdicted following a recruitment scam into the police service in February 2015.
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Ghana Police Service sacks interdicted Patrick Timbilla
Patrick Timbilla was interdicted following a recruitment scam into the police service in February 2015.
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Dozens of young men and women turned up at various police offices in the country to enlist for the service only for them to be told that the letters they were holding was fake.
The letters the prospecting officers of the law had with them had the signature of Mr Timbilla hence his interdiction in the investigation that followed. The taskforce set up to look into the matter investigated three officers and 11 civilians.
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The victims claimed they paid between 2,000 cedis and 3,500 dollars to those who defrauded them.
Analysis
The scandal forced the Ghana Police Service to make changes to the way it recruits officers. A year after the scandal, its recruitment drive was a lot more transparent than in previous years. Within two days of the three week exercise, 17,000 young people in Ghana signed up to join the service.
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