Inspector General of Police(IGP), Dr George Akufo Dampare has ordered the immediate transfer of police officers and families residing in a housing facility at Apromase to another area.

The move by the IGP is necessitated by a fire that swept away a 35-year-old Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi with the Anti-Robbery Unit, his wife, and a three-month old child on January 16, 2023.

The fire, which began around 11:30p.m., allegedly razed down the entire five-bedroom self-contained flat in which the deceased family was living.

The Ghana National Fire Service and the police have launched a collaborative probe into the incident. According to the Ghana National Fire Service, late detection and a call for help led to the destruction of five out of the 15 apartments housing some police officers and their families.

In his address to the victims, the IGP stated that the facility would be confined to a complete, accurate structural and technical evaluation as part of the inquiry.

Following the incident, other police officers and their families living in the affected housing facility have been traumatized and forced to relocate.

However, the IGP was joined by some senior officers from the police administration to express condolences to the victims and assured that psychosocial supportand clinical psychologists will be given to the victims.

The IGP “We are in this together, we feel your pain, and that’s the reason why I had to travel all the way from Accra to see you in person.

“Let me assure you that, there will be a joint investigation between the police and GNFS to bring finality to this matter and see how best we can assist you.“Just as you are shattered about this incident, we are shocked too, and the best way to express our feelings is to come and console you,” he said.