A Police Corporal with the New Juaben Municipal Police Command in the Eastern Region has tendered in his resignation letter to the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP John Kudalor, to enter full time politics.
The police officer, Corporal Dianatah Nicodemus, tendered in his resignation letter late last year.
Information gathered by the daily heritage indicates that the IGP has approved the resignation letter of the young law enforcer.
The police officer resigned to enable him to participate fully in politics and campaign vigorously for the flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo in the northern part of the country.
He is reported to have said that he will succeed to become a District Chief Executive and subsequently a Member of Parliament in 2020, especially, when the NPP wins the 2016 polls.
Corporal Nicodemus has currently spent two weeks out of the 42 days leave which would finally lead to his exit from the law enforcement outfit.
Colleagues at the New Juaben Municipal Police Command are scandalized by the decision of the police officer. Some of them told the Daily Heritage that all attempts by them to talk him out failed.
The police service Act 1970 (ACT350) specifies Modes of Leaving the Force. These include “A person holding a post otherwise than on a limited engagement shall retire from the police Service on reaching the age of 55 years, or in the case of a woman on reaching the age of 50 year: Provided that this subsections hall not prevent the appointment of any person on a limited engaged.”
It also states that “A person holding a post as a police officer otherwise than on a limited engagement may retire from the police Service at any time after he has reached the age of 45 years, or in the case of a woman 40 years: Provided that a superior police officer may retire at any earlier time with the consent of the chairman of the National Redemption Council, and a subordinate police officer may retire at any earlier time with the consent of the inspector-General of Police as substituted by the Police Service (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (NRCD 303).”
The Act further stipulates that “A police officer may leave the police service on the expiry or other termination of a limited engagement,” as well as “A police officer may leave the Police Service by transfer, with his consent, to employment in another Public Service or to other approved employment in accordance with regulations made under this Act.
The police officer, the Daily Heritage further gathered is convinced that he has followed the legal procedures to exit the service and is hopeful he would campaign vigorously to ensure that Mr. Akufo-Addo wins the November 7, 2016.
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