Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Director General Bright Oduro has been relieved of his position.  

In his stead,  his Deputy Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been directed to take charge of the Department with immediate effect.

This was contained in a one sentence internal memo signed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu.

Official reasons behind the sacking remain unknown. But the Daily Guide newspaper on Monday reported that there were a series of petitions against him in some land-related issues, particularly land guards.

Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, has been waging a relentless campaign against COP Oduro for his alleged connection with land guards.

Just last Thursday, Mr Agyapong was on Accra-based Oman FM lambasting the police chief over a case involving some policemen at Miotso, near Tema.

According to reports, two people – Francis Tetteh Botchway, 67; and Mohammed Dziwornu, 29 – were murdered in broad daylight at Miotso on December 29, 2016, allegedly by a team of five policemen from the Tema Regional Police Command.

The incident, which occurred as a result of a gun battle over a piece of land, also made six other persons sustain various degrees of gunshot wounds.

The Tema Police retrieved two pump action guns, a pistol, one AK 47 rifle with double magazine loaded, Jeep Cherokee and Mercedes Benz cars.

The CID headquarters took over investigations into the shooting incident which occurred in the Ningo-Prampram District but is yet to arrest and prosecute any suspect as at now.

Bright Oduro was set to retire in January 2018 but less than three months to his exit, he has already been shown the door.

He was CID boss for about 10months.