John Paintsil arrested for ‘assaulting’ Police Commander 

Footballer John Paintsil has been arrested by the Police for allegedly slapping the East Legon District Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale.

The footballer is being accused of slapping the commander in the right eye yesterday [Tuesday] around 5pm in the evening following an order for his arrest.

Confirming the information to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command ASP Effia Tenge said John Paintill's wife had lodged a complaint against him for allegedly stealing her car.

The Police invited him for interrogation and under interrogation John Paintsil refused to cooperate with the police.

“When both parties were invited by the police for interrogation, we realised John Paintsil was not ready to cooperate and in the course of interrogation became very furious and decided to leave the meeting. It was at this point that the District Commander instructed that he should be arrested and a statement taken from him. Because he was not satisfied with that he assaulted the district commander. He hit him in the right eye and also pushed the investigator. So it took some few police personnel to get him arrested” she stated.

According to ASP Tenge, the Police Commander was receiving medical treatment.

She added that the police are still investigating the matter.

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By: Franklin Badu Jnr/citifmonline.com