A Ghana Police Service Sergeant has alleged in sworn court documents that Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, instructed him and 10 other officers to defy a transfer directive issued by the Police Administration.

Sergeant David Ojeyim made the claim in a lawsuit filed at the High Court, seeking an order for Judicial Review.

According to the Sergeant, the instruction to ignore the transfer was issued directly by Deputy IGP Yohuno.

In his testimony, Sergeant Ojeyim stated: “Since the team enlisted for the assignment was at the direction and instruction of the Deputy IGP, we informed him on 2 October 2024 of the transfer signal, wherefore he directed us not to comply with same. He further directed us to make an entry into the station diary, which we complied with.”

The sergeant further disclosed that he and the officers in question had been recruited by ASP Alhaji Jalil Bawa, an officer of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD), on the instructions of Mr Yohuno.

The recruitment was for an intelligence gathering operation dubbed “Operation D-Day.”

Sergeant Ojeyim noted that despite ASP Bawa being outside the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) and lacking the authority to recruit officers for such operations, they complied due to the directive from the Deputy IGP.

The operation also involved setting up a WhatsApp group named “Operation D-Day” to coordinate activities.

The controversy escalated when Sergeant Ojeyim and several members of the team received transfer orders relocating them from Accra.

Sergeant Ojeyim alleged that the transfer was baseless and unjustified, and upon informing Mr Yohuno, they were instructed to disregard the directive.

The officers who refused the transfer have since been interdicted, pending a service inquiry.

However, the disciplinary process is on hold until the High Court resolves the ongoing judicial review.