The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare says, his outfit will continue to reject the research survey portraying the the Ghana police service as the most corrupt institution in the country.

Speaking at a public lecture at KNUST, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare stated that the methodology that led to the research conclusion is marred with several challenges.

Admitting that the police force has a few bad apples amongst them, Dr Akuffo Dampare noted that measures have been put in place to prevent corruption in the police service as part of its transformation agenda.

“We decided to access ourselves from your perspectives. We have been tagged as unprofessional, corrupt and what have you. We are not denying that we may have some recalcitrant officers amongst us, we are doing all we can to pluck them out. But we will never accept that we are the most corrupt institution."

“It is unfortunate, all those researches are questionable. They have challenges,” he added.

Separate survey reports released by the Ghana Statistical Service and its partners, as well as Afrobarometer report, had officials of the service topping the corruption list.

According to the Afrobarometer study undertaken by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), 65 percent of Ghanaians believe most police are corrupt, while 31 percent believe only some police are corrupt.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and religious leaders were ranked as the most trusted institutions in the country in the year 2022.

Source: The Independent Ghana