A private legal practitioner and member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Twum Barimah, has criticized former Vice President , who was Chairman of the Police Council, for overseeing the purchase of an alleged 48-year-old helicopter for the Police Service.

Speaking on Lawson FM, the lawyer, who is also a retired police officer and was part of the government's transitional team, claimed that the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government purchased a refurbished rotary-wing aircraft when it could have opted for a new one. "The Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government, at a time when Vice President Bawumia was the Chairman of the Police Council, decided to purchase a helicopter for the Ghana Police Service and was bold enough to buy a very old helicopter for police use.

The helicopter the government purchased was refurbished," he said.

He added, "The expected life cycle of a helicopter is 20 years, so if the government was going to purchase one in 2022, it could have gone for at least a 2021 or even a 2022-manufactured helicopter.