The Editor for the Hawk Newspaper, Charles McCarthy, has shot down claims that the IGP, COP Christian Yohuno, must be fired over some violence incidents recorded during the Ablekuma North election re-run.
The latest to go for the jugular of IGP Yohuno is the former Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, who believes the Police Chief is responsible for the violence, questioning why he is still at post.
Former MP for Awutu Senya East, Hawa Koomson, whose men in the area are known for tormenting innocent voters during elections, was violently pushed down when she attempted to spray some substance at her opponents during a misunderstanding.
Despite public statements from the Police assuring thorough investigations into the matter, Duncan seems to be pursuing an agenda to cause public disaffection for Mr Yohuno whose tenure has seen massive reforms in police operations resulting in fierce crime combating in the country.
It is for this reason Charles McCarthy believes Duncan is a “hypocrite” whose government that left office early this year superintended over series election violence that maimed many yet nobody was apprehended for those crimes.
In a response to the former minister, McCarthy said, “Before you were sacked for gross incompetence, there was Ayawaso West Wuogon, where bullets tore through flesh and bones. People were maimed in broad daylight. Did anyone get fired? No.”
To him, Yohuno has outperformed his predecessor and must be encouraged to clamp down on crimes that lead to loss of properties and human lives.
“Yohuno has restored confidence in the Police Service. He’s arresting real criminals, busting cross-border syndicates, rescuing kidnapped women from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire.
While you lot were sitting on reports for years, Yohuno delivered his on the 2020 and 2024 election violence swiftly.,” he argued.
“He’s tackling galamsey in the deep forest while you were taking selfies at campaign rallies. He’s not going anywhere,” he added. “Stop the Hypocrisy – He’s Delivering Where Your Paymaster Failed.
Below is the statement;
RE: WHY YOHUNO IS STILL AT POST
Stop the Hypocrisy – He’s Delivering Where Your Paymaster Failed!
So, Kwamena Duncan—yes, the former Central Regional NPP Secretary who got promoted because the President’s wife liked his voice on the radio—is now asking why COP Tetteh Yohuno is still at post as IGP for Ablekuma-19?
Let’s remind him. Before you were sacked for gross incompetence, there was Ayawaso West Wuogon, where bullets tore through flesh and bones. People were maimed in broad daylight. Did anyone get fired? No.
Those who battered Sam George, an elected MP, were defended by government spin doctors—he provoked them, they claimed.
Ministers who presided over the killing of 8 Ghanaians during elections kept their jobs like nothing had happened.
Now suddenly, you’ve found your moral compass?
Let’s talk about your fellow “former everything”, Mavis Hawa Koomson. Former MP. Former Minister. The one who carried pepper spray to a polling station in a constituency she doesn’t even belong to.
From Central Region to Ablekuma—with pepper spray? That’s not voting. That’s war.
So, what did you expect the IGP to do—roll out a red carpet?
In Assin North, bullets rained on vehicles. No arrests. No resignations. No noise. But here you are, calling for Yohuno’s head?
Let’s be clear:
Yohuno has restored confidence in the Police Service. He’s arresting real criminals, busting cross-border syndicates, rescuing kidnapped women from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire.
While you lot were sitting on reports for years, Yohuno delivered his on the 2020 and 2024 election violence swiftly.
He’s tackling galamsey in the deep forest while you were taking selfies at campaign rallies. He’s not going anywhere.
So, fix your face, tune your mind, and accept this: Yohuno is your IGP—whether you like it or not.
If your only reason for demanding his removal is Ablekuma-19, then you and your gang should’ve resigned long ago—for worse.
Your Yohuno witch-hunt is tired. And your argument?
Dead on arrival.
If criticisms of the IGP are to carry weight, they must be rooted in evidence of professional misconduct, not political discomfort.
The question should not merely be why COP Yohuno is still at post, but whether his continued service advances the public interest. On current evidence, it does.
