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FREEDOM FOR COP TETTEH YOHUNO AS HIGH COURT DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST DEPUTY IGP JOB

The High Court in Accra has made a decision supporting Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno by rejecting a legal case that aimed to stop him from fulfilling his role as Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP) responsible for operations.

The lecturer, Emmanuel Felix Amantey, submitted the application contending that appointing a Deputy IGP for operations was not within the authority of the police council or the presidency.

Amantey argued that the Ghanaian Constitution and the Ghana Police Service Act do not specifically acknowledge this position, stating that the police service regulation is the only document that does not include a deputy responsible for operations.

In his judicial review application, Amantey claimed that the actions of the president and the police council constituted an illegality. However, Justice Richard Apietu, in delivering the court’s ruling, stated that “the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court was not properly invoked in this case.”

He stressed that in this situation, the President and the Police Council were performing administrative tasks, not judicial duties usually carried out by lower courts.

Justice Apietu ended by rejecting the application, enabling COP Tetteh Yohuno to remain as Deputy IGP, a ruling that supports the police and presidential administrative procedures.

Some critics claimed that President Akufo-Addo’s appointment of Tetteh Yohuno as Deputy IGP in July was a covert move to weaken Inspector-General of Police, Dr Akuffo Dampare, who some believe is not the preferred IGP by the current government.

 

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