G/SGT AHMED W.K. NUMEKEVOR vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2021]DLHC10926

G/SGT AHMED W.K. NUMEKEVOR vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY... [2021]DLHC10926

Date	2021-11-17
Suit No.	SUIT NO: BMISC/990/2014
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC10926

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO J

MR. ABEEKU DICKSON FOR THE PLAINTIFF – PRESENT

MR. WILLIAM A. BONSU FOR THE DEFENDANT – PRESENT

[2021]DLHC10926
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >G/SGT AHMED W.K.
NUMEKEVOR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF
POLICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO: BMISC/990/2014 &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:<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
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NOVEMBER, 2021<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. ABEEKU DICKSON FOR THE PLAINTIFF –
PRESENT<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>KWEKU T.
ACKAAH-BOAFO, J<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[<a name="par1">1</a>]&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Ahmed
W. K. Numekevor was recruited by the Police Service in December 1989. He served
as a police officer for over twenty years and became a Sergeant in the Ghana
Police Service. Due to sequence of events that started in about February 2009,
when he was stationed at Kwahu Praso in the Eastern Region, General Sergeant
Numekevor’s employment was terminated by the Ghana Police Service. General Sergeant
Numekevor alleges that his termination/dismissal was unlawful because his right
to be heard was violated and therefore, prays for an order of reinstatement and
for the payment of all his salary arrears from 2009 till date of reinstatement.
The position of the Defendants, in particular the 1st Defendant is that the Plaintiff
absented himself from duty from January 21, 2009 and only resurfaced at his
duty post in or around June 2009. The Defendants contend that the Plaintiff was
charged with misconduct and was offered the opportunity to defend himself but
he did not avail himself. To the 1st Defendant, the Plaintiff is not entitled
to his reliefs and therefore same should be dismissed. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background Facts:<o:p></o:p><p class="yiv1333136668msonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[<a name="par2">2</a>]&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The sequence of events
giving rise to this matter, according to the Plaintiff, commenced in February
2009 when he was stationed at Kwahu Praso, where his Station Officer, one
Inspector Daniel Kwayisi Kwapong, detailed him to report at Sempowa, also in
the Eastern Region for duty. <a name="_Hlk88012905">According to the Plaintiff,
</a>he sought permission to travel because his mother
had died but the request was denied him as no signal of the death was received
by the police service. <a name="_Hlk88013297"></a>According to him, the duty
to Sempowa was rescheduled to June 2009 and he undertook the duty from
June 2009 to September 2009. It is the case of the Plaintiff that he was the Sergeant
in charge at Sempowa village and served with two officers, Lance Corporal
Christopher Agbolosoo and Constable Emmanuel Gyasi at Sempowa. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Plaintiff further averred that at Sempowa, he made the
appropriate entries in the station diary and successfully completed his tour of
duty. He further averred that in September 2009, when he went to the bank to
withdraw his salary, he was informed that his salary had been suspended.
According to him when he reached out to his District Officer, he was informed
that his Station Officer had reported that he had deserted his post. It was
averred that the Plaintiff was immediately arrested and detained for four days
and charged with the offence of desertion. He was made to write a statement and
later released unconditionally. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was further averred that “on 28th September, 2009 the
District Officer served Plaintiff with a Notice of Proceedings which abandoned
the desertion accusation and replaced it with a charge of miscond</main>