A former aide to the Inspector General Police (IGP) , Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo who is vying for the parliamentary candidacy on ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Wa West Constituency has made some interesting revelations about his colleague officers.
Responding to why a high ranking police officer like himself suddenly abandons his post to ‘wear his political cloth’, Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo revealed that there’s not a single police officer in Ghana who does not belong to one political party or the other in the wake of accusations leveled against him.
He argues that if they do not belong to political parties how come they are allowed to vote which is part of their civic responsibility. He stated that he did not allow his political coloration to influence his professional duties.
“Following politics for over a decade now has never affected my service in the police, I make sure I discharge my duties as a policeman professionally without being biased.
Every police personnel belongs to a political party but you don’t have to be biased in discharging your duties. If those in the security agencies do not belong to a political party why do we allow them to vote?” He quizzed.
He revealed that the pressure on him to contest as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wa West Constituency started 2010. “The people of Wa West since 2010 has been impressing upon me to come and contest and because of the work I do as a police officer, I was really not interested but the pressure mounted and mounted and I think the most beautify thing to do is to respond to the call of the people who took care of you when you were going up”.
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
