An Accra High Court has dismissed a judicial review application filed by a lecturer, Emmanuel Felix Amantey, seeking to prevent COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno from serving as the Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP) in charge of operations.
The lecturer, according to a report by citinewsroom.com, had alleged that the appointment of a Deputy IGP specifically for operations exceeded the constitutional authority of both the Police Council and the Presidency.
He further argued that neither the Constitution nor the Ghana Police Service Act provides for this role and pointed out that only the Police Service regulations reference such a position, without provision for a deputy focused on operations.
Felix Amantey accused the president and the police council of perpetrating an illegality However, Justice Richard Apietu, has ruled that the High Court's supervisory jurisdiction, which pertains to oversight of adjudicative actions by lower courts or tribunals, was not applicable in this instance.