The leader of the Alliance for the Restoration of Civil Rights, William Kofi Yirenkyi, has filed a landmark malicious prosecution lawsuit against two officers of the Ghana Police Service.
The suit, filed at the High Court of Justice in Accra on 26 May 2025, names Detective Corporal (D/C) Inspector Mathias Awudi and D/C Inspector Richard Ackumey, both from the Accra Regional Police Command, as defendants.
Yirenkyi accuses the officers of wrongful arrest, unlawful detention, and initiating a baseless prosecution against him-actions he alleges were motivated by personal vendetta.
According to the court statement of claim, the dispute traces back to 30 December 2023, when Yirenkyi reported an assault against him at the Cantonments Police Station.
