Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Director of the Police Public Affairs of the Ghana Police
Service, DSP Cephas Arthur has denied reports that Ghana would deploy
about 90 personnel to strengthen the Peace Support Operations in Somalia
which is mandated by the African Union.
Reports on Wednesday indicated that Ghana’s security forces were
undergoing some training at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping
Training Centre in Accra to augment the operations of the African Union
Mission (AMISOM) in Somalia.
But speaking on the Strict Proof with host Isaac Kaledzi on Radio
XYZ, DSP Cephas Arthur confirmed that some officers were undergoing
training at the centre but dismissed that those officers would be sent
to Somalia for any Peace Keeping mission.
According to him, the training of the Police Officers by the Kofi
Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre is an arrangement that
happens once every year.
He added that there are no plans for Ghanaian security officers to be
sent to Somalia for peacekeeping missions and urged the public to
disregard the report.