DSP Gifty Tehoda

A Human Rights court presided over by Justice Gifty Adjei has set March 16 to deliver its judgment in the case involving a former senior police officer DSP Gifty Tehoda.

The case involving DSP Tehoda began on September 27, 2011, when one Nana Ama Martins was arrested for possessing large parcels of substance suspected to be cocaine, which later turned into bicarbonate or baking soda.

DSP Tehoda was linked to the mysterious disappearance of the cocaine, and was interdicted and subsequently dismissed from the Service.

She was then the Deputy Commander in charge of the Commercial Crimes Unit.

Tehoda sued the Ghana Police Service for wrongful dismissal, and is praying the court among other things, to compel the Service to reinstate her.

At Monday’s hearing, presiding judge Gifty Adjei Addo set the date for the judgement after lawyers of DSP Tehoda prayed the court to adopt proceedings and  addresses in the court of the now dismissed High Court Judge, Justice Kofi Essel Mensah.