KWAME ADDO-DANSO AND GHANA POLICE SERVICE [2001]DLCHRAJ5950

Date	2001-06-08
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/532/96/121
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5950

BENJAMIN K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ5950
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">KWAME ADDO-DANSO <o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GHANA POLICE SERVICE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/532/96/121&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 08/06/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>BENJAMIN
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (PROMOTION/ANTI-CORRUPTION) FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>The Complainant, who was an Assistant
Commissioner of Police, was among the very top senior Police Officers dismissed
on September 3, 1983 by the government of the PNDC through a radio announcement
for various economics offences or malfeasance. He thought that the decision was
not justified and sought redress through a spate of petitions to relevant
government agents including the President, and to the Police hierarchy from
1983 to 1990. Regrettably, the government did nothing to justify or prove its
action. In a letter dated June 17, 1986, the PNDC Member responsible for the
Ministry of the Interior informed the Complainant that "since it was the
decision of the PNDC to dismiss [him]" it could not reverse such a
decision". On July 22, 1996, he petitioned the Commission for redress and
a declaration of his dismissal as null and void.<o:p></o:p>THE
COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>According
to the Complainant, the "Ghanaian Times" edition of 3rd September,
1983 attributed his dismissal to his persistent indulgence in
"Kalebule". That he used the name of the Police to buy commodities
such as petrol and cloth which he later sold through his agents at exorbitant
prices. It also claimed that he further used Police vehicles and his office to
cart loaded goods, which his agents sold at "Kalebule" prices.<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant submitted that he was never tried by any court of competent
jurisdiction, nor was he subjected to department enquiry as required by the
Police Service Law and Regulations. Over the years he sent petitions to several
government agencies and even to the President of the Republic of Ghana, to no
avail.<o:p></o:p>THE RESPONDENT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
Complaint was dated 22nd July, 1996. The Commission requested for comments from
the Government on July 25, 1996 and from the Inspector General of Police on
February 28, 1997. A spate of correspondence, visits and telephone calls to
elicit the necessary comments failed.<o:p></o:p>DECISION APPRAISAL OF CASE
VIS-À-VIS THAT OF J.K. OWUSU<o:p></o:p>It
is noteworthy that the Complainant was among nine top Police Officers fired by
the government as carried by the September 3, 1983 edition of the
"People's Daily Graphic". One of them was Mr. J.K. Owusu, an
Assistant Commissioner of Police, whose complaint was decided by the Commission
in his favour on 14th February 1995, having complained to the Commission in
1993. His dismissal was predicated on corruption, namely that he had collected
$525,000.00 bribe from a suspect in a gold syndicate case. In his case the IGP
commented that the Special Publ</main>