The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region, Abdul Mumin Issah had been suspended by the supervisory ministry on the instructions of President Akufo-Addo.

In the statement was issued by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLDGRD) and signed by the sector minister, Dani Botwe.

The statement reads as follows:

On the instructions of the President, the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Sekondi-Takoradi Assembly, Mr. Abdul Mumin Issah has been suspended from office with immediate effect pending an inquiry into his encounter with the Police on February 3, 2022.

Without prejudice to the matter now before court, Government takes a very dim view of the comments made by the Metropolitan Chief Executive during his exchanges with the Police.

The comments by the Chief Executive run contrary to the Government’s belief and work to ensure that our Security Agencies and indeed Public Agencies are resourced, empowered and accorded the respect to deliver on their mandates.

“In the Interim, the Hon. Western Regional Minister, Mr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has been assigned additional supervisory authority over the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.”