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IMANI CENTRE FOR POLICY & EDUCATION & ANOR
V.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

(2026) JELR 115432 (SC)

Supreme Court 3 Jun 2026 Ghana
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- Plaintiffs (IMANI Centre for Policy and Education and Prof. Kwasi Aning) sought constitutional declarations that the President of Ghana cannot remove or replace the heads of the Fire Service, Police Service, Prisons Service, and Immigrati

Case Details

Suit Number:Suit No. J1/10/2024
Judges:PWAMANG JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC, GAEWU JSC, KWOFIE JSC, ACKAAH-BOAFO JSC
Counsel:KOFI BENTIL ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFFS WITH PAA JOY AKUAMOAH ESQ. AND DORIS LARTEY ESQ. ADWOA O. ABENG (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH NANCY NETTA TWUMASI ASIAMAH (PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY) AND AFRAKOMA BOATENG (STATE ATTORNEY)

JUDGMENT

GAEWU, JSC:

Before this Court stands a Constitutional invocation of our original jurisdiction.

The plaintiffs, Imani Center for Policy and Education (a juristic person registered under laws of the Republic of Ghana) and Prof. Kwasi Aning (a citizen of the Republic of Ghana), have approached this apex Court by a way of a Writ issued pursuant to Articles 2 and 130 of the 1992 Constitution, seeking against the defendant the following reliefs:

“1. A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the letter and spirit of Articles 200, 202(1), 202(2), 202(3), 205, 207(1), 207(2), 207(3), 190(1), 191, 196, 199 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana has no authority to terminate the appointment or remove from office of a person occupying the office of the Chief Fire Officer of the Fire Service, Inspector-General of Police; Director-General of Prisons Service and Comptroller General of Immigration Service, unless only upon proven state…

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