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C/INSPR CRISTOPHER OKPATTAH & 39 ORS
V.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE & ORS

(2025) JELR 114179 (HC)

High Court 5 Feb 2025 Ghana
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- Plaintiffs’ claim for automatic promotion and direct entry to the Police Academy based on special amnesty and academic qualifications was dismissed; court found no legal or documentary basis for the reliefs sought and held Plaintiffs fail

Case Details

Suit Number:GJ 12/84/2023
Judges:JUSTICE FREDERICK TETTEH
Counsel:DIANA ESSIEN ESQ FOR PLAINTIFFS. KWAKU BOAKYE BOATENG ESQ., SSA, FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
Location:Kumasi

JUDGMENT

By their endorsement on their writ of summons and statement of claim, dated 5th July, 2023, the Plaintiffs are claiming the following reliefs from the Defendants; 

a. An Order directed at the 1st and 2nd Defendants to promote the Plaintiffs based on the special amnesty by granting the Plaintiffs one (1) step with three (3) incremental credits to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. 

b. An Order directed at the 1st and 2nd Defendants to grant the Plaintiffs direct entry to the Police academy unreservedly. 

c. An Order directed at the 1st and 2nd Defendants to restore the loss income due the Plaintiffs as a result of the 1st and 2nd Defendants action of not promoting the Plaintiffs under the special amnesty. 

d. Costs, legal fees inclusive. 

e. Any other Orders that this Honourable Court may deem fit to make. 

The Plaintiffs are Chief Inspectors of the Ghana Police Service, currently serving under various capacities of the Service in the Republic of Ghana. The Plaintiffs ha…

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