The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yuhonu has promoted all members of the Police Royal Ladies, a special all-female group in the Ghana Police Service named after Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to their next ranks.

The promotion follows two separate parades of honour the group held for Otumfuo—first at the Police Headquarters on January 6, 2026, and at the first Akwasidae of the year at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

Addressing the Akwasidae celebration, the IGP explained that the Ladies’ guard of honour was their humble way of expressing the Ghana Police Service’s profound appreciation for Otumfuo’s unprecedented visit to the police headquarters.

“We have these ladies called royal ladies. We named them after Otumfuo. They have come to grace the occasion and to make the first of its kind in the Manhyia Palace, and also attended by many of our POMAB members here this afternoon.”

“I wish to announce to Otumfuo that these ladies have been working very hard. They have distinguished themselves and are only available to do anything possible to make Ghana proud, and for this being the first of its kind to honour Otumfuo at the National Police headquarters and also being the first of its kind to visit the Manhyia Palace, the police administration decided to promote them to the next rank,” Mr Yuhonu stated.