According to a statement released by the law enforcement agency on Wednesday, 4th September 2024, the allegations are misplaced and baseless. It added that the people spotted at the Kumasi Police Training School premises were 487 QNET Ponzi scheme operators who were arrested on Monday, 2nd September.
The Ghana Police Service has categorically denied allegations circulating in a viral video, which claim that a secret recruitment exercise is currently underway at the Kumasi Police Training School in the Ashanti region.
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“On Monday, 2nd September 2024, the police conducted a special operation in Kumasi where 487 suspects were arrested in connection with the QNET Ponzi scheme. Due to the large number of suspects involved, they were taken to the training school for screening as part of the investigation process. However, while the screening was ongoing, some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) besieged the training school, claiming they had heard of an ongoing secret recruitment at the school,” the statement said.
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The Ghana Police Service has urged the public to disregard the claims, describing them as baseless and deserving of contempt.
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Similar allegation refuted earlier
This is not the first time the police have faced such accusations. In July 2024, the Ghana Police Service also refuted similar claims of secret recruitment, following assertions made by the Member of Parliament for Wa West, Peter Toboo. Toboo had alleged that recruitment was taking place at the National Police Training School without any public notification. In response, the police swiftly issued a statement, reiterating that no such recruitment was occurring.
“The Ghana Police Service has monitored comments attributed to the Hon. Member of Parliament for Wa West, Mr Peter Toboo, to the effect that there is an ongoing recruitment exercise at the National Police Training School without any public announcement,” read the statement from the police on 16th July 2024. “We wish to state that the Police Service has not commenced any exercise of such nature.”
As of now, it remains unclear where Toboo or the NDC members received their information, and whether any concrete evidence exists to substantiate these allegations. The police have urged the public to rely on official communications for any updates concerning recruitment into the service.
