Mr Abdul Mumin Issah the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Secondi-Takoradi has been suspended by the President Akufo Addo.
His suspension is as result of verbally assaulting a police officer and offensive conduct. The suspension was announced in a statement on Friday, February 4, 2022 by the Local Government Minister Dan Botwe.
In the statement, “the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Secondi-Takoradi Assembly, Mr Abdul Mumin Issah has been suspended from office with immediate effect pending an enquiry into his encounter with the police on February 3, 2022”, the statement said.
The incident between one Superintendent Andrew Sarfo near the Kwesimintsim cemetery was captured on tape and circulated on social media leading to the suspension of the MCE.