The Ashaiman District Court has convicted 54-year-old Kofi Boakye Frimpong, a former public officer, for falsely pretending to be a police officer in active service.
The court, presided over by Mr. Derick Pardden Eshun, convicted him on his own plea of guilty to the charge of falsely pretending to be a public officer (police officer).
He, however, pleaded for leniency. The court deferred sentencing and remanded him into custody to reappear on October 14, 2025.
Inspector Henry Nartey Tetteh, prosecuting, said the complainants are police officers of the Zenu-Attadeka MTTD, who arrested and sent the accused person to the station.
He said that on September 17, 2025, at about 9:00 a.m., while at their duty post at the Zenu Star Fuel Station, the officers stopped Frimpong, who was 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 genuine police officer, engaged him briefly in a conversation. 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 taken to the police station.
Upon interrogation, it was established that Frimpong is a dismissed chief inspector who had relocated to Ashaiman but continued wearing a police uniform and presenting himself as a serving officer.
He was subsequently charged with the offence while investigations continued.
Source: GNA
