NICHOLAS K. BEKOE AND 4 OTHERS AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE [2004]DLCHRAJ5929

Date	2004-10-19
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/218/96/1171
Citation No.	[2004]DLCHRAJ5929

DR P. E. BONDZI-SIMPSON

[2004]DLCHRAJ5929
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NICHOLAS K.
BEKOE AND 4 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANTS)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>INSPECTOR
GENERAL OF POLICE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Ref: CHRAJ/218/96/1171&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;19/10/2004<o:p></o:p>

</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
1.05pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">Nicholas
K. Bekoe and 4 others namely Richard Mensah, Kwame Gyamfi, Samuel Ansah and
Moses Lagoh (i.e. the Complainants) alleged that the Inspector General of
Police (IGP) treated them unfairly by dismissing them from the Ghana Police
Service.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COMPLAINANTS' CASE<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.25pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">According
to the Complainants, they were former Police Officers who were dismissed by the
Respondent from the Police Service. They stated that before their dismissal
from the Service, they were placed on interdiction for three (3) years on half
pay and also made to appear before a Board of Service Enquiry. They explained
further that before their recruitment into the Police Service, the Police
conducted Proficiency Test and approved their competence before absorbing them
into the Service. Although the Complainants stated that they were suspected of
fraud, the Service did not state what kind of fraud they were alleged to have
been involved in, hence their complaint for redress and reinstatement.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>RESPONDENT'S VERSION<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
.95pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">According
to the Respondent, the Complainants were Constables who, together with
twenty-seven others were enlisted into the Ghana Police Service between 1988
and 1991. The Respondent stated that as part of a routine check, certificates
and result slips of personnel were sent to their respective awarding
institutions for vetting. Among those institutions was the National Vocational
Training Institute (NVTI). The report dated 20th August 1994 from the NVTI
disclosed that at the time of their enlistment, the certificates and result
slips of the above Constables and the twenty-seven others were fake.<o:p></o:p>Following
this discovery, a departmental enquiry was instituted into their conduct. This
resulted in their dismissal from the Service on 2nd February 1994.<o:p></o:p>The
issues before the Commission for determination are:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="i">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; border: none;">what kind of certificate or
 qualification did the Complainants use to enter into the Police Service?<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; border: none;">