NOBODY WILL DARE BRIBE ME-EOCO BOSS BOASTS

NOBODY WILL DARE BRIBE ME-EOCO BOSS*

The Executive Director of Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP FRANK ADU POKU has stated without hesitation that, when it comes to his duty, nobody should dare bribing him.

According Mr. Adu Poku, he puts his integrity on the line in any case he handles hence cannot soil his image.

The umbrella body for Doctors has come under serious scrutiny in the last few hours after a joint operation by the Economic and Organised Crime as Office (EOCO) and the Ghana Medical and Dental Council (MDC) led to the arrest of 11 people suspected to be involved in the harvesting of babies and human trafficking in some health facilities in the Greater Accra Region.

The information which hit the news last night said those arrested comprised two medical doctors, four nurses, two mothers, two social welfare officers, and a traditional birth attendant.

Meanwhile, two doctors namely Dr. Hope Mensah Quashie of the 37 Military Hospital, who also owns the Susan Clinic, a private health facility at Lartebiokorshie in Accra, and Dr. Noah Kofi Lartey, a medical practitioner with the Obstetrician and Gynaecology Department of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, who also operates a private hospital known as the Dangbe Community Hospital in Prampram have been arrested to assist investigation.

According to a release by the EOCO, babies under the syndicate were sold to potential buyers for between GH¢28,000 and GH¢30,000.

Addressing the press on the issue, the EOCO Executive Director said, the office will investigate the matter to the bottom in order to uproot the menace of babies harvesting and human trafficking.

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