Akufo-Addo extends IGP’s tenure
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the tenure of the
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante Apeatu, by two years,
after reaching the retirement age of 60, the Ghana News Agency has
learnt.
The President appointed Mr Apeatu as the Acting IGP on January 25, 2017, after the exit of his predecessor, Mr John Kudalor.
The GNA, hereby, submits a brief profile of Mr Apeatu.
Mr David Asante Appeatu served as the Director of the Specialised
Crime and Analysis (SCA) Unit at the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon,
France.
He holds a Masters’ Degree in Chemistry from the Kharkov State
University in Russia and is a trained Forensic Scientist in various
disciplines such as Document Examination, Firearms and Ballistics, and
Controlled Drug Analysis.
He is a Government of Ghana gazetted Firearms Examiner and also a gazetted Controlled Drug Analyst.
Mr Asante-Apeatu has performed various assignments in Ghana as well as outside Ghana.
In Ghana, he was the Lead Investigator in the serial killing of more
than 30 women that led to the arrest of a culprit who was prosecuted,
convicted and sentenced to death.
Under the supervision of Mr Asante-Apeatu, and based on intelligence,
the CID successfully conducted an operation that resulted in the
seizure of 588 kilogrammes of cocaine with the street value of about $38
million.
Internationally, he had worked at the Sarajevo Police Academy as an
instructor in Human Dignity, Police Ethics and Criminal Investigations
under the auspices of the United Nations Task Force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1997 to 1998.
He was the team leader in Homicide Investigation at the request of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNAMIL).
He was the team leader in investigations into the mass murder of more
than 50 people, mostly West African nationals, in The Gambia.
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