By Emmanuel Fletcher 
The fight against unauthorized properties in the Ashanti Region has taken a highly scandalous turn. The Ashanti Regional Police Command has officially opened a full-scale internal investigation into one of its own senior officers, a Chief Inspector, for allegedly operating a network of illegal wooden structures used for criminal operations.
The high-ranking officer stands accused of running unauthorized properties at the busy Asafo BB transport hub and renting them out directly to commercial sex workers. This massive integrity breach has shocked residents across Kumasi, raising critical questions about how the very people paid to enforce our laws might be secretly profiting from street-level crime.
The entire underground operation came to light following explosive public disclosures made by the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Kumasi, Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi. The vocal Mayor blew the whistle after city taskforces uncovered shocking criminal setups during a major municipal decongestion exercise.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) had deployed heavy machinery on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, to flatten an entire network of temporary illegal properties erected directly behind the COCOBOD building. While municipal workers expected to find basic unauthorized settlements blocking vital city waterways, field operations quickly exposed that the area had been converted into active local centers for prostitution and illegal drug distribution.
The primary objective of the structural cleanup by the KMA was purely environmental. City planners insisted that removing the temporary structures was absolutely essential to grant drainage engineers clean, unhindered access to desilt the major storm drains before seasonal downpours flood Kumasi neighborhoods.
However, the routine sanitation enforcement took an entirely unexpected twist when the illegal tenants began naming their landlords. Mayor Boadi disclosed to the media that several of the demolished wooden shacks were systematically built and protected by serving police personnel, who treated the illegal hub as a private business venture.
The leadership of the regional security apparatus has moved swiftly to address the growing public outrage. In an official press statement signed on Friday, July 10, 2026, by the Head of the Public Affairs Unit, Superintendent Godwin Ahianyo, the Command assured the public that it takes these institutional integrity allegations with maximum seriousness.
The police inquiry aims to establish the exact depth of the Chief Inspector’s financial involvement and enforce immediate internal disciplinary protocols. With the public demand for police accountability rising across the country, local residents are waiting to see if the police service will push for a transparent court trial or try to shield their own behind closed doors.
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