The former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Bright Oduro, has opened up on the circumstances leading to his retirement.
The retired officer was asked to proceed on leave in 2017 through a cabinet decision.
Speaking in an exclusive interview on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he disclosed that he was asked to proceed on leave at 4:30 am on October 13, 2017.
He told the host that the MP for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong, was the one who instigated and had him removed.
He said from the day he was appointed, the MP started peddling falsehood that he [Oduro] was working with land guards to terrorize people.
“My dismissal was the result of a cabinet decision. I was stunned because the cabinet had no right to ask me to go on leave. That’s why I fingered Kennedy Agyapong. I held that opinion because he began attacking me as soon as I was appointed. I was appointed in February, and he began attacking and insulting me in March.”
He did it from March to August before stopping. I had complained to Kan Dapaah and the then-IGP about the problem, but no one was interested. On October 12, 2017, the cabinet met, and after that meeting, I was informed on October 13 that I should go on leave. Kennedy Agyapong had previously attacked me on his radio station. It was as if everything had been planned in advance. It was as if someone had informed him from the cabinet meeting that I would be asked to go on leave.”
According to him, going on leave was not a problem, but the manner in which he was asked to go on leave was humiliating.
“I had spent 30 years in the police service. What does it mean when you’re at work and asked to go on leave? It was your work that was lacking. Why do you want me to go on leave? You asked me to go on leave after it had been discussed at the highest level and someone had insulted and attacked my reputation.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
