The Supreme Court of Ghana has quashed an injunction filed by IMANI Africa and security expert Kwesi Aning, which sought to prevent President John Dramani Mahama from removing the immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, from his position.

The application aimed to restrain the president from removing heads of security agencies until a substantive case is determined in May 2025.

In a ruling on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, a five-member panel led by Justice Paul Baffoe Bonney ruled that the ongoing case should not prevent the president from exercising his constitutional mandate.

IMANI’s suit argued that removing security heads before the court’s decision would be unjust and premature.

The plaintiffs petitioned the court to issue an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants including President John Dramani Mahama and the respective councils of the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Police Service, National Fire Service, and Ghana Prisons Service from removing, terminating, dismissing, sacking, suspending, or otherwise interfering with the positions of the Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, the Comptroller of the Ghana Immigration Service, the Director-General of the National Fire Service, and the Inspector-General of Police.

They contended that the case raises constitutional issues and that the balance of convenience favors the applicants.

The plaintiffs urged the court to grant the injunction to prevent any premature dismissals before the case is fully adjudicated.

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