The Attorney General and the Ghana Police Service have been sued over the appointment of a Deputy Inspector General of Police.
The suit, filed by private legal practitioner Justice Abdulai holds that the appointment of COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno to the position of deputy IGP is unconstitutional.
He, therefore, wants the apex court to restrain COP Yohuno from acting or purporting to act as Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of operations.
Additionally, he wants an order “restraining the IGP, George Akuffo Dampare, or any command under him from accepting, relating to or issuing instructions or commands to COP Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno in his assumed capacity as Deputy Inspector-General of Police in Charge of Operation.”
It will be recalled that President Akufo-Addo appointed COP Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in charge of Operations.
President Akufo-Addo made the appointment based on the advice of the Police Council.
The statement from the presidency described COP Yohuno as a distinguished law enforcement officer with a career spanning over three decades.
Find details of the suit below;