G/SGT AHMED W.K. NUMEKEVOR
V.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

JUDGMENT 

i. Introduction: 

[1] Ahmed W. K. Numekevor was recruited by the Police Service in December 1989. He  served as a police officer for over twenty years and became a Sergeant in the Ghana Police  Service. Due to sequence of events that started in about February 2009, when he was  stationed at Kwahu Praso in the Eastern Region, General Sergeant Numekevor’s  employment was terminated by the Ghana Police Service. General Sergeant Numekevor  alleges that his termination/dismissal was unlawful because his right to be heard was  violated and therefore, prays for an order of reinstatement and for the payment of all his  salary arrears from 2009 till date of reinstatement. The position of the Defendants, in  particular the 1st Defendant is that the Plaintiff absented himself from duty from January  21, 2009 and only resurfaced at his duty post in or around June 2009. The Defendants  contend that the Plaintiff was charged with misconduct and was offered the opportunity  to defend himsel…