An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Oscar Amevenku has filed a suit against the Ghana Police Service, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General.

The plaintiff contends that the Service has failed to promote him despite meeting all the necessary requirements for such a promotion.

According to ACP Amevenku, he has been unfairly treated, as there has been no viable reason for his lack of promotion, even though he has petitioned the hierarchy, including the Police Council, to no avail.

In the lawsuit filed on July 30, the officer explained that in January 2022, he was overlooked despite being among officers who were due for a promotion after having served for more than four years at the rank of ACP.

"Plaintiff avers further that subsequent to the aforementioned promotions, some more Assistant Commissioners junior to the plaintiff, and even members of the Cadet Course 35, junior to the plaintiff's Cadet Course, have been elevated to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police while the Plaintiff has remained in the same position."

In the writ, the officer prayed the Accra High Court for an order directed at the Defendants to "take all necessary steps to ensure Plaintiff's promotion to the Rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police effective from 1 January 2022."

He is also urging the court to compel the Service to restore "his seniority within the Service, over all the current Deputy Commissioners, who used to be junior to him before their elevation to their present rank."

Lawyers for the plaintiff further demanded that the Police Service pay "all entitlements due Plaintiff at the rank of deputy commissioner from the effective date of promotion."