The Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has reshuffled 34 police commanders in galamsey-prone areas in keeping with his promise to wage a relentless war on illegal mining activities in the country.

Top-level police sources confirmed to the Daily Graphic that this was just the first phase of an ongoing major reshuffle exercise, with many more expected to follow to pump fresh energy into the fight against illegal mining in the country.

The affected commands include Takoradi, Asankragwa and Tarkwa, all in the Western Region; Nkawie and Bekwai in the Ashanti Region, and Anyinam and Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

The list, confirmed through the sources, features Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Jonathan A. Lamptey of the Gambaga Divisional Command moving to take charge of the Takoradi Divisional Command, while ACP Thomas Osei Ababio moves from the Asankragwa Divisional Command to head the Yendi Divisional Command in the Northern Region.
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Others are Samuel Stephen Okunor of the Northern Regional Headquarters who has moved to the Bekwai Divisional Command; ACP Raymond Kofi Erzuah of the Tarkwa Divisional Command to take charge of the Kpando Divisional Command in the Volta North Region; ACP Samuel Yeboah moves from the Kpando Divisional Command to Essiama Divisional Command in the Western Region.

Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) Ebenezer Benson, the In-charge of the Nsawam District Command, moves to the Dawurampong Divisional in the Central Region.

C/Supt Vitus Napen leaves his post at the Nkawie Divisional Command to the Asankragwa Divisional Command, while C/Supt Mahmud Yussif leaves the Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (RMTTD) in the Northern Region moves to the Tarkwa Divisional Command in the Western Region.

It also has C/Supt Daniel Anane Amoah of the Takoradi Divisional Command moving to take charge at the Navrongo Divisional Command in the Upper East Region; C/Supt William Gyamfi of the Mpohor District Command in the Western Region to the Dzodze District Command in the Volta Region, while C/Supt Joshua Semenyo moves from the Takoradi District Command to the Nkawie Divisional Command.

Supt Stephen Appiah of the Essiama District in the Western Region moves to the Nsawam District Command, and Supt Kwaku Ayepa, Staff Officer of the Western Regional Command, takes charge of the Bolga District Command in the Upper East Region.

Supt Valentine K. Akposu moves from the Agona Nkwanta District Command in the Western Region to the Gushiegu District in the Northern Region, while Supt Alexander Tieku of the James Town District Command in the Ashanti Region moves to the Anyinam District Command in the Eastern Region.

Supt Simon Woyram Setorglo of the Prestea District Command in the Western Central Region has been reassigned to the Police Headquarters to be in charge of Logistics, while Supt Angmorter Van-Kofi Eric moves from the Dzodze District Command to the Mpohor District Command in the Western Region.

Supt Isaac Kofi Kumnipah of the Sekondi District Command in the Western Region now heads the Nadowli District Command in the Upper West Region, and Supt James Ankan of the Nadowli District Command takes up the role at the Asankragwa District Command.

Supt Fred Ntore Atta-Yeboah leaves the Asangragwa District Command to be in charge of the Funsi District Command in the Upper West Region.

The current changes also involve Supt Amoani Anoff William, who leaves the Nsuaem District Command in the Western Region to the Tolon District Command in the Northern Region; Supt Mohammed Adamu Awal moves from the Elubo District in the Western Region to the Tatale District Command in the Northern Region; Supt Cliff Ofei Ayeh of Mile 7 District Command in the Ashanti Region is assigned to the Essiama District in the Western Region, while Supt Emmanuel Kobina Essel moves from the Police Headquarters (Logistics) to the Prestea District Command in the Western Central Command.

Supt Raymond Iddrisu leaves the Anyinam District Command for the Aveyime District Command in the Volta Region; Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Peter Paul Amoah leaves the Tatale District Command in the Northern Region to be in charge of the Elubo District Command, and DSP Franklin K. Selby leaves the Manso Amenfi District in the Western Central Region for the Gwollu District in the Upper West Region.

DSP Gladstone Kumeko leaves the Tolon District Command in the Northern Region for the Nsuaem District in the Western Central Command.

The rest of the changes are DSP Salifu Yahya of the Wulensi District in the Northern Region leaving for the Daboase District Command in the Western Region; DSP Thomas Tulasi of Gushiegu District in the Northern Region takes up the role in the Agona Nkwanta District in the Western Region, while DSP Victor Akakpo leaves the Gwollu District for the Manso Amenfi District in the Western Central Region.

DSP Anthony Duodu has left Daboase District in the Western Region for the Wulensi District Command in the Northern Region, while ASP Sulemana Abubakari leaves the Funsi District Command for the Sekondi District Command, with ASP Kwaku Obeng leaving the Shama District in the Western Region for the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters.