Grant 40 officers direct entry into Police Academy - Solicitors' petition IGP
Solicitors for 40 police chief inspectors who the Court of Appeal ordered to be promoted by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) have called on the IGP and the relevant authorities to take steps to exclude the names of the petitioners from the list of chief inspectors qualified to write the preconditional competitive entry examination into the Police Academy as circulated in the Signal referenced HQ/A.4/PA.54/V.1/69.
They said the petitioners should be granted direct entry into the Police Academy without requiring them to sit for any entry examination or fulfil any precondition.
Such a grant is to take immediate effect, bearing in mind the six-month period within which the existing injustice is to be corrected.
Also, the solicitors, Stellar Law Consult, charged the IGP to take immediate and necessary steps to comply fully with all orders of the court, particularly relating to the petitioners, and communicate to the petitioners the measures being undertaken to ensure compliance with the aforementioned request and Orders of the Court of Appeal, Kumasi.
“It is the humble prayer of the petitioners that the above matter be addressed within seven days of receipt of this petition, so as to uphold the authority and dignity of the court and to obviate the need for any further proceedings,” a petition submitted on behalf of the petitioners by Stellar Law Consult, dated February 27, 2026, and addressed to the IGP and Deputy Attorney General, said.
On January 22 this year, the Court of Appeal, Kumasi, ordered the IGP to take immediate steps to promote 40 police chief inspectors who were excluded from a promotion exercise, while others were promoted to their appropriate ranks during a special amnesty exercise that considered all policemen who had upgraded their educational levels with a first degree while still in service between 2008 and 2020.
Petition
The petition by the solicitors, signed by Diana Essien, attached with the names of the officers, said the IGP, through an administrative act, granted special amnesty to certain police officers without extending the same to the petitioners, who were in the same category as the beneficiaries.
That directive issued by the IGP, it said, effectively granted some police officers within the same category as the petitioners direct entry into the Police Academy without writing any entry examination, and the petitioners who were affected by the administrative decision commenced an action in the High Court, challenging the said decision.
After a full trial, the High Court dismissed the claim of the petitioners, and, being dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court, the petitioners appealed to the Court of Appeal.
“The Court of Appeal, Kumasi, having heard the appeal, delivered its judgment on January 22, 2026, in favour of the petitioners and made consequential Orders to remedy the injustice suffered by the petitioners as a result of the administrative actions of the IGP.
“The Court of Appeal, Kumasi, among other Orders, directed the Police Council, the IGP and Police Appointment and Promotion Advisory Board to "take all necessary steps, including appropriate and relevant recommendations, to rectify the errors that resulted in the denial of promotion to the [Petitioners]" and further ordered that the Petitioners be granted promotion within six months," it said.
Signal
The solicitors said the signal referenced HQ/A.4PA.54/V.1/69 and dated February 17, 2026, released a list of chief inspectors, including the petitioners, who, according to the signal, were qualified to write the next competitive examination, consequent upon which successful candidates would gain entry into the Police Academy.
