William Kofi Yirenkyi seeks High Court hearing after police, AG fail to respond to suit

A plaintiff in a civil suit against officers of the Ghana Police Service, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General has applied to the High Court in Accra to set the matter down for hearing after the defendants allegedly failed to enter appearance or file a defence within the time prescribed by law.

Court documents filed on June 3, 2026, show that William Kofi Yirenkyi, the Executive Director of Perfect Vision Initiative, a social justice non-profit organization, has brought an action against Detective Inspector Mathias Awudi, Detective Inspector Richard Ackumey, the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General.

Through his lawyer, Martin L. Kpebu of Black Star Legal Services, Yirenkyi is asking the court to proceed with the case in accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in In Re Nungua Chieftaincy Affairs; Nii Odai Ayiku IV v Attorney General and Wor-Nii Bortei Bortelabi [2010] SCGLR 413.

The motion, filed before the General Jurisdiction Division of the High Court in Accra, contends that despite being served with an amended writ of summons and statement of claim, the defendants have neither entered an appearance nor filed statements of defence.

According to an affidavit sworn by Eric Danso, a law clerk at Black Star Legal Services, the plaintiff filed an amended writ of summons and statement of claim on April 7, 2026.

The affidavit states that the first and second defendants were served on April 10, 2026, while the third and fourth defendants were served on April 15, 2026.

A search conducted at the court registry reportedly revealed that none of the defendants had entered an appearance or filed a defence as of the date of the search.

The search results attached to the application indicate that there was "no indication on the docket" that any of the four defendants had entered an appearance. The registry search also found no indication that any of the defendants had filed a statement of defence.

The plaintiff argues that the statutory period for responding to the suit has elapsed and that the court should therefore set the matter down for hearing.

Court records further indicate that the reliefs sought by the plaintiff include declaratory reliefs, a factor cited in support of the application for the matter to proceed notwithstanding the absence of a defence.

The application is scheduled to be moved before the High Court on June 18, 2026.

The case is before the High Court, General Jurisdiction Division, Accra, under Suit Number GJ/0821/2025.

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