Dr George Akufo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police, has ordered the immediate relocation of all police officers and their families from a housing facility at Apromase, in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, to another location.
This comes after fire gutted the barracks housing police officers and their families on the dawn of Monday, January 16.
A police officer, 35-year-old Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ghana Police Service perished in the fire together with his wife and a three month old child. The bodies of the family have been deposited at the morgue.
Other police officers and their families have been displaced and left traumatized following the incident. The cause of the fire is unknown yet, however, the Police and the Ghana National Fire Service have launched a joint investigation into the incident.
Dr. Dampare, while addressing the victims revealed that there will be a comprehensive structural and technical assessment of the facility as part of the investigations.
The Police administration has since the incident deployed clinical psychologists to provide psycho-social support to the victims.
The IGP was joined by some senior officers of the police administration to commiserate with the victims who assured the police will cater to the needs of the victims.
The Assembly Member for the Apromase/Asawase Electoral area, Ernest Kwarteng who confirmed the news stated that they are waiting for investigations into the cause of the fire outbreak. “The police came in but we are waiting for the experts to come in to tell us what exactly happened”, he noted.
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