{"id":460186,"date":"2018-01-31T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/police-discredits-purpose-of-national-prayer-service\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T16:51:26","slug":"police-discredits-purpose-of-national-prayer-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/police-discredits-purpose-of-national-prayer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Police discredits purpose of national prayer service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/71157381.295.jpg\" alt=\"Police Personnel4\" title=\"Police Personnel4\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517417486_32_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Police Service has debunked media reports that a scheduled national prayer session to be held on Sunday, February 4 is in response to the recent attacks on and subsequent deaths of its personnel.<\/p>\n<p>A letter of invitation dated Friday, January 26, 2017 from the Religious Affairs Department (RAD) of the Service to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) requested the presence of the Police Management Board (POMAB) to a prayer session to be held in all Police Churches across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlighted that the purpose of the gathering is to call for \u201csafety and divine protection\u201d of all police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has become very necessary and imperative considering the recent spate of adversarial killings of service officers\u2026 It behoves upon us as the clergy of the Service to beseech the divine protection for all serving officers\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe and are highly convinced that with divine intervention, the recent death shadow cast on the Police Administration would reduce if not wane out,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>But a statement issued on Tuesday, January 30 and signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Service, DSP Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman said the letter is routine in nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RAD is a unit of the Ghana Police Service, which exists to ensure the spiritual welfare and psychosocial development of Police Officers. 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