[ 2017-01-18 ]

DSP Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda

DSP Tehoda fights on
An Accra Human Rights Court has ordered that
hearing notice be served on the Attorney-General
in the case in which DSP Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda
is battling the Ghana Police Service over her
wrongful dismissal.

The order from the court presided over by Justice
Gifty Agyei-Addo, was necessitated by the absence
of any State Attorney at the hearing yesterday due
to the ongoing strike by State Attorneys over
their conditions of service.

The case involving DSP Tehoda began in September
2011 when one Nana Ama Martins was arrested for
possessing large parcels suspected to be cocaine
which later turned into Bicarbonate or baking
soda.

DSP Tehoda was allegedly linked to the
disappearance of the cocaine.

She was interdicted and subsequently dismissed by
the Police Service.

However, an Accra Circuit Court consequently
acquitted and discharged on all charges.

DSP Tehoda sued the Police Service for wrongful
dismissal and prayed the court to compel the
Service to reinstate and compensate her for the
loss over the past six years.

Both parties completed their cases before the
previous judge Kofi Essel Mensah was dismissed as
a result of his involvement in the Anas Aremeyaw
Anas judicial bribery and corruption scandal.

She is seeking a declaration that her prosecution
by the State over the alleged swapping of cocaine
was malicious.

DSP Tehoda also wants a declaration that her
detention in cells beyond 48 hours by the BNI was
unlawful.

Source - Daily Guide

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