HUSSEIN AHMED vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND 2 ORS [2023]DLHC16076

Date	2023-03-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HR/0044/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16076

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

VICTOR KWADJOGA ADAWUDU WITH HIM VICTOR LASSEY FOR THE APPLICANT – PRESENT.

LILY ADDAE-MENSAH (S.S.A) FOR RESPONDENTS – PRESENT.

[2023]DLHC16076
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;HUSSEIN AHMED <o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT&nbsp; )<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND 2 ORS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION ONE
,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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. HR/0044/2023&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: 29TH MARCH
2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&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>VICTOR KWADJOGA ADAWUDU WITH HIM VICTOR LASSEY FOR THE
APPLICANT – 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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">LILY ADDAE-MENSAH
(S.S.A) FOR RESPONDENTS – PRESENT.<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 0in;">

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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Applicant, filed a human rights
application alleging violation of his right to own property contrary to Article
18 of the 1992 Constitution which provides that;<o:p></o:p>(1) Every person
has a right to own property either alone or in association with others<o:p></o:p>(2) No person shall be subjected to interference with
the privacy of his home, property, correspondence or communication except in
accordance with law and as may be necessary in a free and democratic society
for public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the protection
of health or morals, for the prevention of disorder or crime for the protection
of the rights or freedoms of others. <o:p></o:p>2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the affidavit in support of the
application, the applicant describes himself that as a businessman. According
to Applicant, on 10th November 2022, he was doing his legitimate
business by going to make payments for cement and its accessories to a supplier
when he was arrested in a swoop around the traffic lights in front of the
Vodafone building at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra. He was later informed that
the swoop was targeted at the arrest of persons suspected to be dealing in
foreign currencies without license. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applicant claims he informed the police
that he was not dealing in foreign currency; however, the police searched him,
found an amount of GHC168,440 on him and seized it. Applicant claims that he
informed the police that the money was to be used to pay his suppliers but the
police refused to release same to him. Applicant asserts that the seizure of
his money by the police was unlawful as there is no law against having Ghana
cedis in one’s custody as a legal tender for payment of goods. He therefore
prayed for an order for the release of his money to him.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;4]&nbsp;&</main>