The Ashaiman District Court has remanded 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong in custody for pretending to be a public officer (police officer) without lawful authority, contrary to Section 237 of the Criminal Offence Act, 1960 (Act 29). 

Frimpong’s plea was not taken, as an investigation was still being conducted to ascertain whether he was an ex-police officer. 

Inspector Henry Nartey Tetteh, prosecuting, said the complainants were police officers of the Zenu-Attadeka Motor Transport and traffic Directorate (MTTD) who arrested and sent to the accused person to the police station. 

They reported that on September 17, 2025, at about 09:00 hours, while at their duty point at the Zenu Star Fuel Station, they stopped Frimpong fully dressed in a tactical black long-sleeved police uniform with a chief inspector’s rank badge.  

The prosecution added that the officers, suspecting that he might not be a police officer engaged him briefly in a conversation, indicating that during the interaction, Frimpong suddenly jumped onto a motorbike and instructed the rider to speed off. 

This, the prosecution noted, heightened their suspicion, and after a chase, he was arrested and sent to the police station. 

The facts stated that upon interrogation it was established that Frimpong was a dismissed chief inspector who had relocated to Ashaiman and was still wearing a police uniform and holding himself out as a police officer. 

The accused person was subsequently charged with the offence while the investigation continued.