EMMANUEL NII ODARTEY vs THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE consolidated with GENERAL CONSTABLE SAMUEL NKETSIAH vs. THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL, EMMANUEL NII ODARTEY [2016]DLHC16732

EMMANUEL NII ODARTEY vs THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AN... [2016]DLHC16732

Date	2016-10-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 315/2007 SUIT NO. BMISC 328/ 2010
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC16732

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

BEDE TUKU ESQ

WILLIAM AKWETEY BONSU ESQ. (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY)

[2016]DLHC16732
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">EMMANUEL NII ODARTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">consolidated with<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">GENERAL CONSTABLE SAMUEL NKETSIAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THE HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL, EMMANUEL NII
ODARTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. BMISC 315/2007 SUIT NO. BMISC
328/ 2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 31ST
&nbsp;OCTOBER 2016<o:p></o:p>

NO
REPRESENTATION FOR PLAINTIFF IN 315/2007<o:p></o:p>

BEDE
TUKU ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF IN 328/2010<o:p></o:p>

WILLIAM
AKWETEY BONSU ESQ. (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) FOR 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS IN
315/2007 AND 1ST DEFENDANT IN 328/2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Emmanuel Nii Odartey, the plaintiff in suit no. BMISC 315/2007,
sued the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General for
general and special damages arising from injuries he sustained when he was assaulted by Constables Francis
Tagar and Samuel
Nketsiah on 27TH March
2005.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In his
statement of claim,
the plaintiff asserted that on 27TH March 2005, he was manning his shop, when a
boy came to buy a pack of batteries that cost two thousand five hundred cedis.
Shortly after the boy had left, Constable Francis
Tagar followed up with the batteries and claimed
that they were not functioning. The plaintiff claimed that he offered to test
the batteries on his</main>