Lawyers of the applicants who initiated a contempt application against Deputy Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, and two other senior police officers have sincerely apologized to them for public embarrassment.
It emerged in court that the Contempt application, which was widely publicized in the media, had not been served personally on the Deputy IGP and the two others – ASP Alhassan Malaika Jibril and Supt. Bawa Alhassan as per the rules of Contempt.
On Friday, January 31, 2025, when the case was called, lawyers for the Deputy IGP and the two senior officers represented by Abu Juan informed the High Court that their clients had not been personally served with the contempt processes but had rather heard about it through the media.
The Court presided over by Justice Kenneth Edem Kudjordjie expressed a cautioned approach to this development, stating that the matter was sensitive and should not have been handled in this manner to embarrass the officers.
The applicants, Theophilus Nii Teiko Tagoe and Samuel Nii Odai Quaye, through their lawyers, though contended that the application was served on the service legal directorate, offered sincere apologies to the Deputy IGP and the two other officers.
The High Court, presided over by Justice Justice Kenneth Edem Kudjordjie has adjourned the case to February 24.
Meanwhile, the court has dispensed with the requirement for the senior officers to appear personally whenever the case is called, allowing them to be represented by designated junior officers instead.
Background
The Applicants – Theophilus Teiko Tagoe, is asking the High Court in Accra (Land Division) to commit the Deputy IGP and two senior police officers to prison for contempt of court.
Mr Tagoe in his motion for committal against the three senior officers- COP Tetteh Yohuno, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alhassan Malaika Jibril, and Superintendent (Sup) Bawa Alhassan, is alleging that the Deputy IGP and the two officers were aiding land guards to take possession of his land situated in Adjiringano, in Accra.
It was his case that, the officers allegedly provided security for land guards to takeover the land he (Tagoe) bought from the Nugua Traditional Stool, in 2007.
Mr Tagoe, the applicant, has also filed a separate motion for contempt at the same court, asking it to commit six others to prison for contempt of court.
