The High Court in Accra has granted a seven-day ultimatum to the Ghana Police Service to amend the title of their injunction application.
This application was filed in an attempt to prevent the Minority in Parliament from protesting against the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, and his two deputies.
In a ruling delivered today, Justice Edward Twum clarified that the use of ‘Republic’ as the application’s title, as submitted by the Police Service, was simply an oversight by their legal team. The Court acknowledged that the Police Service’s supporting documents clarified their actual intention, which was to act on behalf of the Inspector General of Police for the Police Service, a corporate entity with the legal capacity to initiate legal actions under the 1992 constitution, rather than the Attorney-General.
Justice Twum commended the Minority in Parliament’s lawyers for their diligent examination of the Police Service’s application. However, he emphasized that, in the interest of fairness, technicalities should not be used to unduly delay the core matter.
Consequently, the Court has granted the Police Service a seven-day period to revise the title of the application from “Republic” to “Inspector General of Police.”
The case has been adjourned to Monday, September 18, 2023, which puts the Tuesday, September 12 protest in limbo.