Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service#Commissioner of Police

The following are the officials in charge of the organisation which eventually became the Ghana Police Service.{{cite journal |author1=Emmanuel Kwesi Aning |title=An Overview of the Ghana Police Service |journal=Journal of Security Sector Management |date=April 2006 |volume=4 |issue=2 |url=https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/jssm/jssm_4_2/jssm_4_2a.pdf |access-date=14 March 2025 |at=Table 3 |publisher=Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, University of Cranfield, Shrivenham, UK |issn=1740-2425}}

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| officeholder = Captain George Maclean

| officeholder_sort = Maclean, George

| officeholder_note = Administrator

| born_year = 1801

| died_year = 1847

| term_start = 1831

| term_end = 1844

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| officeholder = Commander Hill

| officeholder_sort = Hill, Commander

| officeholder_note = Governor

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| term_start = 1844

| term_end = 1859

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| officeholder = Captain John Hawley Glover

| officeholder_sort = Glover, John Hawley

| officeholder_note = Commander

| born_year = 1829

| died_year = 1885

| term_start = 1859

| term_end = 1873

| timeinoffice = {{age in years|1859|1873}} years

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| officeholder = Captain A. W. Baker

| officeholder_sort = Baker, A. W.

| officeholder_note = Inspector-General

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| term_start = 1873

| term_end = 1876

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| officeholder = Sir Captain James Shaw Hay

| officeholder_sort = Hay, James Shaw

| officeholder_note = Inspector-General

| born_year = 1839

| died_year = 1924

| term_start = ?

| term_end = ?

| timeinoffice = —

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| officeholder = Alexander Grant

| officeholder_sort = Grant, Alexander

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| officeholder = Captain Bryden

| officeholder_sort = Bryden, Captain

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| term_start = ?

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| officeholder = Lt. Colonel Edward Bowater McInnis

| officeholder_sort = McInnis, Edward Bowater

| officeholder_note = Inspector General of Constabulary

| born_year = 1847

| died_year = 1927

| term_start = 1886

| term_end = 1890

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| officeholder = William Brandford Griffith

| officeholder_sort = Griffith, William Brandford

| officeholder_note = Governor of the Gold Coast

| born_year = 1824

| died_year = 1897

| term_start = 1891

| term_end = 1893

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The head of the Gold Coast Constabulary was designated as the Commissioner of Police. This continued until the coup d'état on 24 February 1966 led to the overthrow of the Nkrumah government and the start of military rule under the National Liberation Council.

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| officeholder = Major A. W. Kitson

| officeholder_sort = Kitson, A. W.

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| born_year = 1862

| died_year = 1938

| term_start = 1893

| term_end = 1910

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| officeholder = E. V. Collins

| officeholder_sort = Collins, E. V.

| officeholder_note = Inspector General of Police and Prisons

| born_year = ?

| died_year = 1917

| term_start = 1910

| term_end = 1917

| timeinoffice = {{age in years|1910|1917}} years

|died = y

| ref = {{cite web |title=COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL, No. 998. GOL D COAST . REPORT FOR 1917 |url=https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/africana/books2011-05/5530214/5530214_1917/5530214_1917_opt.pdf |website=library.illinois.edu |access-date=15 March 2025 |location=London |pages=6-7 |date=August 1919}}

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| officeholder = D. R. A. Bettington

| officeholder_sort = Bettington, Digby Rowland Albemarle

| officeholder_note = Inspector General of Police and Prisons

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| term_start = 1917

| term_end = 1924

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| officeholder = Lt. Colonel H. W. M. Bamford

| officeholder_sort = Bamford, Harry William Morrey

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| term_start = 27 August 1924

| term_end = 3 January 1938

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1924|08|27|1938|01|03}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013 |url=http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm |website=ghanapolice.info |publisher=Ghana Police Service |access-date=14 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707143114/http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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| officeholder = Captain Eric C. Nottingham

| officeholder_sort = Nottingham, Eric Cato

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| born_year = 1891

| died_year = 1972

| term_start = 8 October 1938

| term_end = 21 May 1944

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1938|10|08|1944|05|21}}

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| officeholder = Captain R. W. H. Ballantyne

| officeholder_sort = Ballantyne, Richard Waverley Head

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1896

| died_year = 1965

| term_start = 21 May 1944

| term_end = 18 August 1948

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1944|05|21|1948|08|18}}

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| officeholder = Captain Percy Eckel

| officeholder_sort = Eckel, Percy

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| born_year = 1892

| died_year = ?

| term_start = 18 August 1948

| term_end = 25 May 1949

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1948|08|18|1949|05|25}}

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| officeholder = Major M. K. N. Collens

| officeholder_sort = Collens, Matthew Kirkham Needham

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = ?

| died_year = 1957

| term_start = 26 May 1949

| term_end = 31 December 1957

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1949|05|26|1957|12|31}}

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| officeholder = Arthur Lewin Alexander

| officeholder_sort = Alexander, Arthur Lewin

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| born_year = 1907

| died_year = 1971

| term_start = 1 May 1958

| term_end = 8 October 1959

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| officeholder = E. R. T. Madjitey

| officeholder_sort = Madjitey, Erasmus Ransford Tawiah

| officeholder_note = First native Ghanaian Commissioner of Police

| born_year = 1920

| died_year = 1996

| term_start = 9 October 1959

| term_end = 8 January 1964

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| officeholder = J. W. K. Harlley

| officeholder_sort = Harlley, John Willie Kofi

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1919

| died_year = 1982

| term_start = 1 January 1965

| term_end = 24 February 1966

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Since 1966, the designation of the most senior police officer has been changed from Commissioner of Police to Inspector General of Police.

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| officeholder = J. W. K. Harlley

| officeholder_sort = Harlley, John Willie Kofi

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| born_year = 1919

| died_year = 1982

| term_start = 25 February 1966

| term_end = 3 September 1969

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1966|02|25|1969|09|03}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=IGP'S FROM 1924 -2013 |url=http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm |website=ghanapolice.info |publisher=Ghana Police Service |access-date=14 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707143114/http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm |archive-date=7 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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| officeholder = Bawa Andani Yakubu

| officeholder_sort = Yakubu, Bawa Andani

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| born_year = 1926

| died_year = 2002

| term_start = 23 September 1969

| term_end = 12 June 1971

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1969|09|23|1971|06|12}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Former IGP B.A. Yakubu is Dead |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=20764 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=9 January 2002}}

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| officeholder = R. D. Ampaw

| officeholder_sort = Ampaw, R. D.

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| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 14 June 1971

| term_end = 13 January 1972

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1971|06|14|1972|01|13}}

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| officeholder = J. H. Cobbina

| officeholder_sort = Cobbina, John Henry

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 13 January 1972

| term_end = 29 September 1974

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1972|01|13|1974|09|29}}

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| officeholder = Ernest Ako

| officeholder_sort = Ako, Ernest

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| born_year = 1923

| died_year = 2021

| term_start = 30 September 1974

| term_end = 7 July 1978

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1974|09|30|1978|07|07}}

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| officeholder = B. S. K. Kwakye

| officeholder_sort = Kwakye, Benjamin Samuel Kofi

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 17 July 1978

| term_end = 4 June 1979

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1978|07|17|1979|06|04}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Retired IGPs present document to Government |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/103104/retired-igps-present-document-to-government.html |website=Modern Ghana |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en}}

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| officeholder = C. O. Lamptey

| officeholder_sort = Lamptey, Charles Odartey

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1930

| died_year = 2022

| term_start = 5 June 1979

| term_end = 27 November 1979

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1979|06|05|1979|11|27}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Late IGP Charles Odartey Lamptey goes home today |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1178160/late-igp-charles-odartey-lamptey-goes-home-today.html |website=Modern Ghana |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en}}

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| officeholder = F. P. Kyei

| officeholder_sort = Kyei, F. P.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 27 November 1979

| term_end = 6 October 1981

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1979|11|27|1981|10|06}}

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| officeholder = R. K. Kugblenu

| officeholder_sort = Kugblenu, Raphael Kpodo

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = ?

| died_year = 2015

| term_start = 6 October 1981

| term_end = 9 March 1984

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1981|10|06|1984|03|09}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Photos: Rawlings mourns former IGP S. S. Omane |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Photos-Rawlings-mourns-former-IGP-S-S-Omane-333261?channel=D1 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=3 November 2014}}

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| officeholder = S. S. Omane

| officeholder_sort = Omane, S. S.

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = ?

| died_year = 2014

| term_start = 9 March 1984

| term_end = 12 June 1986

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1984|03|03|1986|06|12}}

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| officeholder = C. K. Dewornu

| officeholder_sort = Dewornu, Christopher Komla

| officeholder_note = Acting IGP 12 Jun 86 - 31 Oct 86

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| died_year =

| term_start = 1 November 1986

| term_end = 31 December 1989

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1986|11|01|1989|12|31}}

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| officeholder = J. Y. A Kwofie

| officeholder_sort = Kwofie, J. Y. A

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 January 1990

| term_end = 30 September 1996

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1990|01|01|1996|09|30}}

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| officeholder = Peter Nanfuri

| officeholder_sort = Nanfuri, Peter Tenganabang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1942

| died_year = 2023

| term_start = 1 October 1996

| term_end = 21 January 2001

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1996|10|01|2001|01|21}}

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| officeholder = Ernest Owusu-Poku

| officeholder_sort = Owusu-Poku, Ernest

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 January 2001

| term_end = 21 July 2001

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2001|01|22|2001|07|21}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Owusu Poku Succeeds Nanfuri As IGP |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=13173 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=23 January 2001}}

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| officeholder = Nana Owusu-Nsiah

| officeholder_sort = Owusu-Nsiah, Nana

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 22 July 2001

| term_end = 23 March 2005

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2001|07|22|2005|03|23}}

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| officeholder = Patrick Kwateng Acheampong

| officeholder_sort = Acheampong, Patrick Kwateng

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 25 March 2005

| term_end = 28 January 2009

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2005|03|25|2009|01|28}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=New IGP -Patrick Kwesi Kwateng Acheampong |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=77977 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=24 March 2005}}

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| officeholder = Elizabeth Mills-Robertson

| officeholder_sort = Mills-Robertson, Elizabeth

| officeholder_note = Acting IGP

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 28 January 2009

| term_end = 15 May 2009

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2009|01|28|2009|05|15}}

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| officeholder = Paul Tawiah Quaye

| officeholder_sort = Quaye, Paul Tawiah

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 16 May 2009

| term_end = 1 February 2013

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2009|05|16|2013|02|01}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=New IGP Appointed |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=162198 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en |date=16 May 2009}}

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| officeholder = Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan

| officeholder_sort = Alhassan, Mohammed Ahmed

| officeholder_note = Acting IGP 5 Feb 2013 to 6 May 2013

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 7 May 2013

| term_end = 9 November 2015

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2013|02|05|2015|11|09}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Police Service gets new IGP |url=http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201306/107991.php |website=myjoyonline.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722213658/http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201306/107991.php |archive-date=22 July 2013 |date=18 June 2013}}{{cite web |date=1 February 2013 |title=President Mahama appoints acting IGP |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=263840 |access-date=12 February 2013 |publisher=GhanaWeb}}

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| officeholder = John Kudalor

| officeholder_sort = Kudalor, John

| officeholder_note = Acting IGP 9 Nov 2015 to 18 Feb 2016

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 19 February 2016

| term_end = 25 January 2017

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1965|01|01|1966|02|24}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=Mahama to swear in Kudalor as IGP today |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mahama-to-swear-in-Kudalor-as-IGP-today-417032 |website=GhanaWeb |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=19 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/photos-kudalor-sworn-in-as-igp.html |title=PHOTOS: Kudalor sworn in as IGP |publisher=Graphic Online |date=19 February 2016}}{{cite web |date=4 February 2017 |title=John Kudalor finally retires as IGP (Photos) |url=http://citifmonline.com/2017/02/04/john-kudalor-finally-retires-as-igp-photos/ |publisher=citifmonline.}}

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| officeholder = David Asante-Apeatu

| officeholder_sort = Asante-Apeatu, David

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 25 January 2017

| term_end = 14 August 2019

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2017|01|25|2019|07|22}}

| ref = {{cite web |date=4 February 2017 |title=John Kudalor finally retires as IGP (Photos) |url=http://citifmonline.com/2017/02/04/john-kudalor-finally-retires-as-igp-photos/ |publisher=citifmonline.}}{{cite web |author1=Isaac Yeboah |title=COP David Asante Apeatu is new IGP |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/cop-david-asante-apeatu-is-new-igp.html |website=Graphic Online |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Limited |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en-gb |date=25 January 2017}}{{cite web |title=Oppong-Boanuh appointed Acting IGP, Asante-Apeatu directed to proceed on leave |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/oppong-boanuh-appointed-acting-igp.html |website=Graphic Online |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Limited |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en-gb |date=22 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=Famous People - James Oppong-Boanuh |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/James-Oppong-Boanuh-3772 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=14 March 2025}}

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| officeholder = James Oppong-Boanuh

| officeholder_sort = Oppong-Boanuh, James

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 9 October 2019

| term_end = 1 August 2021

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2019|10|09|2021|08|01}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=James Oppong-Boanuh confirmed as IGP |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/10/james-oppong-boanuh-confirmed-as-igp/ |website=citinewsroom.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=9 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Oppong-Boanuh charges new IGP, leadership to be united as he retires |url=https://gna.org.gh/2021/08/oppong-boanuh-charges-new-igp-leadership-to-be-united-as-he-retires/ |website=Ghana News Agency |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=1 August 2021}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 23

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| officeholder = George Akuffo Dampare

| officeholder_sort = Dampare, George Akuffo

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 8 October 2021

| term_end = 13 March 2025

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2021|10|08|2025|03|13}}

| ref = {{cite web |title=George Akuffo Dampare sworn in as 23rd IGP - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/george-akuffo-dampare-sworn-in-as-23rd-igp/ |website=www.myjoyonline.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=8 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=From Constable to acting IGP: Check out the inspiring profile of Dampare |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/07/from-constable-to-acting-igp-check-out-the-inspiring-profile-of-dampare/ |website=citinewsroom.com |access-date=14 March 2025 |date=21 July 2021}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 24

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| officeholder = Christian Tetteh Yohunu

| officeholder_sort = Yohunu, Christian Tetteh

| officeholder_note =

| born_year =

| died_year =

| term_start = 13 March 2025

| term_end =

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2025|03|13}}

| ref = {{cite web |author1=Kweku Zurek |title=Confirmed: Dampare Sacked as IGP, COP Yohunu is New IGP |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/confirmed-dampare-sacked-as-igp-cop-yohunu-is-new-igp.html |website=Graphic Online |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Limited |access-date=14 March 2025 |language=en-gb |date=13 March 2025}}

}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://police.gov.gh/en/ Ghana Police Service website]
• [http://www.ssronline.org/jofssm/jofssm_display.cfm?hc=doc&pi=38 April 2006 - Journal of Security Sector Management]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707143114/http://www.ghanapolice.info/igps.htm Photo Gallery of former IGPs]

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