
Mr Abdul Mumin Issah

Majority of Sekondi-Takoradi residents have welcomed the reinstatement of Abdul Mumin Issah, the embattled Mayor, by President Akufo-Addo.
In an interview with the Daily Statesman, some of them described the Mayor’s reinstatement as good news and a step in the right direction. They have therefore thanked God for it, and hoped he will not repeat the act that led to his suspension.
Others, however, said it is no news because “the suspension was needless”. According to them, the court issue had no direct bearing on Issah’s official duties, and that he should have remained at post to battle it.
His reinstatement was contained in a statement signed by Dan Kwaku Botwe, the Local Government and Rural Development Minister.
Assembly members, who had since been pushing for the Mayor’s comeback, said they were excited, and yearned to see him in office before close of yesterday, August 31.
Mr Sampson K., one assembly member in the Asafo electoral area, said the reinstatement had even delayed, considering the workload on Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, as the Western Regional Minister, Member of Parliament for Takoradi and acting Mayor.
“How can one person be saddled with all these responsibilities and not get tired. Although colleague assembly members are excited over the Mayor’s reinstatement, they are not happy about the circumstance leading to his suspension and are contemplating to organise a meeting to offer him advice in the name of circumspection of duty,” he said.
He further emphasised that the suspension should serve as a reminder to both private and public office holders on the need to respect one another.
The suspension
Mr Mumin Issah was suspended in February this year following confrontation with a police officer over traffic offence. President Akufo-Addo ordered Mr Mumin Issah to step aside for investigations to proceed after he allegedly assaulted a Police officer verbally.
The alleged verbal assault occurred after he was arrested for flouting road traffic regulations on Thursday, February 3. Abdul Mumin Issah was heard threatening the Police officer with a transfer, among other things.
He is also on record to have described the officer as “ugly”, and said he would have beaten him to death when the officer challenged him for driving on the shoulders of the road to move past a Police checkpoint.
Mr Abdul Mumin Issah was charged with three counts of assault of a public officer, offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace and disturbing the peace in a public place contrary to Sections 205, 207 and 298, respectively, of the Criminal and Other Offences Act of 1960, Act 29. He was however granted a ¢100,000 self-recognisance bail with three sureties.