General News of Friday, 12 April 2019Source: starrfm.com.ghProsecute ‘Double’, remove DSP Azugu, reprimand Col. Opoku – Short Commission report‘Double’ confessed using an unauthorized weapon during the SWAT team’s operationThe presidential commission of inquiry into the Ayawaso by-election violence has recommended the prosecution of a national security operative Mr. Ernest Akomea alias ‘Double’. During his testimony before the commission, ‘Double’ confessed using an unauthorized weapon during the SWAT team’s operation at the residence of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate. ‘Double’ dominated the headlines when he disclosed he went through a three-week training including crowd control and pound-to-pound combat. “The Commission recommends that the SWAT team of the National Security Council Secretariat should be disbanded and operatives be reassigned as appropriate,” the report said. Mr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, former Dean of the Faculty of Law, GIMPA and a private legal practitioner, served as Secretary to the Commission.

Source: GhanaWeb April 12, 2019 13:30 UTC