There is anxiety at the Kuntenase District Police Command as personnel face eviction by a landlord who has declined to renew a tenancy agreement with the Ghana Police Service.

Retired journalist, Nana Owusu Ansah, through his lawyers served an eviction notice with a March 31 deadline which has already expired.

This means about ten police personnel and their families occupying the semi-detached apartment have no option but to vacate what has become known as the ‘Police Quarters’.

Nhyira News sources say the situation is causing a lot of discomfort and affecting morale of personnel who have to abandon their posts to look for accommodation.

There are fears the command will have a tough time organising personnel for emergency operations if they have to live outside the barracks. 

The police administration has since 2005 used the rented quarters, housing more than ten personnel. That tenancy agreement, renewable every two years elapsed in February.

But the decision of the landlord not to renew the tenancy agreement has been met with ill-feelings among police personnel in the area.

District Commander, Superintendent Benjamin Gyasi, will not give details, and referred Nhyira News to the Asokwa Divisional Commander, ACP Emmanuel Amissah.

The Divisional Police Chief will not speak to the issue when Nhyira News contacted him.

His reason is the media house cannot offer any relief to police under the circumstance.

The Ashanti regional police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Yussif Tanko confirmed to Nhyira FM the command has received the eviction notice.

He revealed the police have no option than to obey the order. 

“What we are doing is to ask for time to be able to relocate our people to the accommodation that we are trying to secure for them but we are prepared to hand over the building to the owner”. ASP Tanko explained.

ASP Tanko discount reports the situation is affecting the personnel psychologically.

“Our people are psychologically prepared; they are going to do their work within the jurisdiction they work,” he said.