Tehoda vs Ghana Police case adjourned to Jan 8

The case between DSP Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda and the Ghana Police Service over her alleged unlawful dismissal has been adjourned to January 8, 2014.

The former Deputy Commander of the Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) was, in December 2011, arrested for her alleged role in the disappearance of some cocaine exhibits in the custody of the Police.

She was suspected to have had shady dealings with Nana Ama Martins, the main Suspect at the centre of the cocaine-turned-sodium bicarbonate saga.

One other Officer, Deputy Superintended of Police (DSP) Kofi Tudzra, the Commander in-charge of the Narcotic Unit of the Police Service, was also indicted in the matter. Only Tehoda was, however, taken to court.

She was subsequently dismissed from the Police service before a Court cleared her of any wrongdoing in the matter. She has been fighting for her reinstatement ever since but to no avail.

Tehoda therefore sued the Police Service for unlawful dismissal. She has always maintained in past interviews with the media that she was sacrificed as a scapegoat in the case.

According to her, she was dismissed as part of a grand scheme to cover up the truth in the cocaine-turned-sodium bicarbonate saga.