Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Oscar Amevenku has initiated legal action against the Ghana Police Service, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General.

ACP Amevenku alleges that he has not been promoted despite fulfilling all necessary criteria for advancement.

He argues that his request for promotion has been unjustly ignored, even after raising the issue with the Police Council and other authorities.

In the lawsuit submitted on July 30, the officer details that he was passed over for promotion in January 2022, despite having served over four years at the ACP rank and being eligible for advancement.

"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."