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Former IGP, Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri Has Passed On.

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri has passed on. He passed on Friday morning after a short illness.

The late Peter Nanfuri served as IGP from October 1, 1996 to January 21, 2001. He was replaced by Ernest Owusu-Opoku.

He was the last IGP under the Presidency of late Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings but was asked the proceed on leave days after John Agyekum Kufuor was sworn in.

He came under pressure for the serial killing of women in Ghana towards the end of the tenure of the Rawlings-led government.

Until his death, he was the Paramount Chief of Jirapa Traditional Area with the Chieftaincy title Naa Ansoleh Ganaa II.

He was enskinned in 2005.

Mr Nanfuri tagged a ‘No Nonsense man’ was the Director of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) 1986. In 1996, he was appointed as the Inspector General of Police.

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After his service in the Ghana Police Service, he was enskinned Paramount Chief of the Jirapa Traditional Area with the title Naa Ansoleh Ganaa II in 2007.

He was born in October 12, 1942 in Jirapa in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He had his university education at the University of Ghana, Legon.