The NDC government has been challenged to prosecute the embattled former Police Director of Operations, ACP Kofi Boakye, if it thinks he is culpable of the infamous M.V. Benjamin cocaine saga. Speaking on Joy FM’s flagship programme Newsfile on Saturday, the NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikoi South, Nana Akomea, said even though the 2006 report by Georgina Wood Committee indicted Mr Boakye, the evidence on him were “not conclusive enough” to warrant his prosecution. “But the important thing is that Mr Boakye is still alive, these events are not 20, 30 years in the past. If anybody thinks that they have a difficulty with Mr Boakye’s role in the cocaine investigation, trial and his reinstatement, the issue can still be interrogated.” Nana Akomea was emphatic that it would however be erroneous for people to think that the NPP government did not prosecute him because he was a party man, and warned of any political undertone. He said the lack of evidence to secure prosecution compelled the then Attorney General “in his own wisdom” to use him (Boakye) as a prosecution witness. Even though the former police boss never appeared in court as such, Nana Akomea explained that he was “part of the investigations”, giving background information to the state to prosecute four others. The police administration in 2006 failed to implement the committee’s recommendation for his prosecution and rather interdicted him. Just a day before leaving office, former President Kufuor ordered the Police Council to reinstate the Police Director of Operations and pay his full benefits. Five months into the Mills administration, Kofi Boakye has been left in the lurch with his future hanging in the balance. On his part, the MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam , Mr Ato Forson, said the need for the government to clear Mr Boakye, the 2008 Ghana Law School best student, of any wrong doing shows “something fundamental missing…I was expecting the (NPP) government, if they are not going to prosecute him to come out and clear his name”. He accused the then NPP government of not doing enough about the issue, which he claimed has dented the image of the Ghana Police Service. Mr Forson appealed to all to wait for the yet-to-be inaugurated Police Council to determine the case. However, he stated, “it is time we take people on when they do something bad”. Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, contended that reinstatement of Kofi Boakye would rather restore the fallen image of the police service. According Ametor Kwame, Features Editor of the Ghana Palaver, the Georgina Wood Committee’s report fell short on the whereabouts of the about 77 parcel of cocaine and supported government’s intention to re-open the whole case. Story by Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com