The head of the Security Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Lydia Donkor has been appointed as the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
Her appointment is part of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno’s restructuring of the Police Management team.
Her new role at the CID will see her oversee various criminal investigations, including the recent murder of devoted Asante Kotoko fan Yaw Frimpong, popularly known as Nana Pooley.
DCOP Donkor was previously in charge of the GFA’s investigation into the tragic incident, but her findings put her at odds with Asante Kotoko.
She claimed the murder did not happen inside the stadium, contradicting the club’s account.
“This unfortunate incident did not occur inside the stadium; it happened outside. He was later picked up by a tricycle and dropped at a section of the stadium. I must clarify this, as there are comments suggesting the police allowed someone to enter the stadium with a knife. Let me state that the police enforce a strict search regime,” she stated.
She also advised that if the victim had felt threatened, he should have reported it to the police or someone in the area.
In response, the chairman of Asante Kotoko’s Interim Management Committee (IMC), Nana Apinkra, criticized her handling of the case and vowed to report her to then-IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.
“We will officially report DCOP Lydia Donkor to the IGP, and we want the GFA to remove her from the case because she was appointed by them,” he stated in an executive meeting streamed live on YouTube.
At present, the prime suspect in the case, identified as Brimah, remains at large.
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