SC Pauses Promotion Of 40 Chief Inspectors

The Supreme Court has temporarily halted the promotion of 40 Chief Inspectors to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) status, pending the outcome of an appeal against a previous decision by the Court of Appeal in Kumasi. The Court of Appeal had ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, to promote the 40 police officers within six months, following a January 22, 2026 ruling that their exclusion from a special amnesty promotion amounted to injustice.

The amnesty, announced by the police, covered officers who graduated from police training schools before 2008 and obtained university degrees by 2020. The officers challenged the decision in court, stating that promotions should be merit-based and require passing an entrance exam. The High Court disagreed, but the officers appealed, and the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the decision, directing the police administration to promote the 40 Chief Inspectors promptly and compensate them accordingly.

The police administration has since sought a stay of execution, arguing that the promotion would disrupt administrative processes, while the Supreme Court panel deemed the inconvenience to the officers to be less than that of the administration.