In an attempt to stop the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from moving them from their current positions, ten police officers have sued for a court order.

According to the officers, the police administration's transfer decision is irrational and unfounded.

The policemen were hired for an intelligence-gathering mission led by Deputy IGP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, according to court filings.

Additionally, it has come to light that Deputy IGP Yohuno allegedly gave the officers instructions to disregard the transfer orders and continue in their current positions.

The disciplinary procedure is on hold until the High Court concludes the ongoing judicial review, but the ten officers under Sergeant Ojeyim's command have been placed under interdiction until a service inquiry.

According to the sergeant's deposition, "the Police Counsel made the Police Service Regulations 2012 (C.I. 76) on August 15, 2012, to, among other things, provide for the creation of directorates and the assignment and delegation of roles, in accordance with its powers to, by way of constitutional instrument, make regulations for the performance of its functions and the efficient administration of the Ghana Police Service."

In accordance with our responsibilities as Ghana Police Service employees assigned to PID, ASP Alhaji Jalil Bawa informed me that I was to assemble a team to carry out an intelligence collecting task at the direction of the Deputy Inspector General of Police. The date of this was September 26, 2024. I recruited the following men, along with all the other applicants, to carry out the aforementioned intelligence collecting task in accordance with the guidance and directive provided by the Deputy Inspector General of Police:

a. Sergeant Prince Owusu Fayosey
b. Sergeant Seidu Essilfie
c. Sergeant Alex Abah
d. Corporal John Yao Adzimagbor
e. Corporal Micheal Kwasi Avuyi
f. Corporal Huudu Muhammed Wumbe,
g. Corporal Kabiru Mohammed
h. Corporal Hannah Antwi-Boasiako
i. Sergeant Prince Owusu Fayosey.
j. IC/Inspector Alexander Odoi

In addition to the aforementioned, on September 27, 2024, a briefing on the assignment's scope was given at ASP Alhaji Jalil Bawa's home. Except for Sergeant Prince Owusu Fayosey, Corporal Micheal Avuyi, and Corporal Huudu Muhammed Wumbe, all of the enlisted men attended the conference. Although he arrived late, Sergeant Seidu Essilfie, the Deputy Chief of Staff's personal driver at the Presidency, also attended the meeting.

"ASP Alhaji Jalil Bawa assigned me the duty of developing a WhatsApp platform following the briefing in order to facilitate efficient and effective communication for the team that was put together for the assignment. On the same day, the platform was developed and the names of the employees hired to do the task were added.

He claims that at approximately 1400 hours GMT on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, I was summoned to his office by the staff officer, ASP Mr. Julius Elemawusi Zodanu, who told me that DCOP Mr. Frederick Kwadwo Agyei had brought in a transfer signal from headquarters and was responsible for alerting me because my name was on the transfer list.

"I signed the aforementioned transfer signal letter to confirm receipt after receiving it. After receiving the signal, I discovered that the transfer had impacted every man who had met at ASP/Alhaji Jalil Bawa's house as well as those added to the WhatsApp platform; most of the staff had been sent to isolated locations in the Upper West, Upper East, and Western Regions. Sergeant Alex Abah was the sole individual who had been moved to the Headquarters' National Operations Department.

Since the team was recruited for the job at the Deputy Inspector General of Police's direction and instruction, we notified him of the transfer signal on October 2, 2024. He instructed us not to follow it because it was questionable and unfounded. We also followed his instructions to enter information in the station journal.


As a result, at around 2150 hours GMT, he and Inspector Hamid Zakariah went to the Police Intelligence Directorate's reception and, per the Deputy Inspector General of Police's instructions, made the required entries in the Station Diary, proving that we had not complied with the transfer signal.

"The staff officer/PID called me at approximately 1100 hours GMT on October 3, 2024, to let me know that he had a crucial message for me. He informed me that the message was from the Chief Staff Officer when I asked where it originated. I soon phoned Inspector Hamid Zackariah after speaking with him on the phone, and he informed me that the staff officer had also called him to report for an important message.

Before he began reading a message to us, the staff officer invited Chief Inspector Maxwell Atiiru, the acting station officer, to testify when the two of us met in his office. He continued, "As soon as he began reading, we asked him to give us the letter or a copy of it because the content was for us, but he said there was no copy available for us."