These were the words of celebrated police officer and musician, Chief Superintendent Kofi Sarpong as he opens up on his two professions.

According to him, the journey began after his enlistment into the Ghana Police Depot in Koforidua.

As newbies yet to go through training, they knew little about each other but there was the need for leaders to be appointed among them.

“The day for us to commence our training finally came and we boarded a bus to Koforidua.

“On our way, a colleague whose name was first on the list looked me in the eyes and told me I’ll be the chaplain, a role I couldn’t fathom why it was bestowed on me but I accepted in good faith,” He told Afia Amankwa Tamakloe on M’ashyase3 show.

However, things, he said, didn’t go as expected since most of the recruits went to town to fellowship in their various churches.

But that didn’t deter him from continuous mobilisation and evangelism to get more people into the camp service.

In what he described as a major turnaround, he ministered one Sunday during which there were numerous testimonies, causing the people present to spread the news which drew even some wives of personnel into the church.

Fast forward, he passed out of the training school but that did not end his ministrations which he took to a different dimension.

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After a performance during a church service that had his now manager, Akwasi Ernest present, Chief Supt Sarpong said the latter made him an offer.

He was, however, reluctant and did not heed since he thought it wasn’t possible for a policeman to take up another job.

Following consultations with a former Director of Police Welfare, Mohammed Alhassan, he wrote a letter to the then Inspector-General of Police, Paul Quaye about it but the former read through it first.

“Just after I handed him the letter, he told me I have waited for this for so long and it’s finally here. That was a great sigh of relief and I immediately placed a call to Akwasi Ernest who I have worked with all these years,” he recounted.

He explained he has no regrets about making that choice as it has helped to impact many lives.

The top policeman also acknowledged Akwaboah, Joyce Blessing, OJ among others who he revealed have been instrumental in his career.

The renowned musician has narrated how financial constraints caused him to drop out of school thrice while growing up.

Just like it is the wish and dream of every child to grow with his parents, who will successfully see them through school, his case was different.

His life and education, according to him, took a different twist when his father, who was a policeman, left home without looking back.

A situation he said arose from his frequent transfers during active service but at a point, his grandmother vowed not to allow his mother to relocate with him again, hence he also left the family.

“I am from Berekum and that was where I lived most of my life but my father as a policeman was often transferred and we had to move along.

“But at a point, my grandmother stopped my mother from any relocation because she was fed up. My father also left and never returned until I was about to write my O’level exam,” he narrated on Adom TV’s M’ashyese3 show with Afia Amankwa Tamakloe.

Chief Supt Sarpong said the development massively affected the payment of his fees and he could not endure the challenges which he faced in school as a result.

“I was someone who was afraid of lashes but the case was that we go to school every Monday morning and I received lashes over non-payment of fees.

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“I couldn’t bear it any longer and had to drop out three times along the way,” he added.

Amidst these twists and turns of his life, he said he did not give up but was inspired to do something for himself in order to succeed.

“It had always been my desire to be a teacher while growing up and it was that passion that gingered me to sell kenkey and soup to see myself through school.

“My mum helped to buy the maize for the business. So I will prepare the soup at night and the kenkey in the morning which I will sell before going to school in the morning,” he detailed.

Fast forward, he managed to complete his Junior Secondary School education but the challenges became tougher in his attempt to further his education but he persisted and did more jobs to support himself.

To him, his ability to endure these challenges made him the better person he can proudly say he is now.