Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has asserted that IGP Christian Tetteh Yohuno publicly acknowledged he did not direct the joint military–police deployments executed on 12 November 2025.
Amidu referenced the IGP’s media interaction on the same day, describing it as a “confession” that operational control rested with National Security rather than the Ghana Police Service.
According to Amidu, the IGP addressed journalists to explain the rationale behind simultaneous operations in the Ahafo, Ashanti and Volta Regions.
During that interaction, Yohuno reportedly stated that the deployments stemmed from decisions made at the national security level. In a recorded video cited by Amidu, the IGP said;
“From National Security level headed by the National Security Coordinator, the police and the military has launched a serious war on these miscreants.”
In the same footage, the IGP is heard outlining the scope of arrests made during the raid, saying officers “raided” areas including Hwidiem, Kenyasi and Goaso and “had over 400 people arrested.”
Amidu argued that this statement demonstrates that the IGP did not sanction the operation under his constitutional mandate.
He stressed that Yohuno had already directed regular investigations into the earlier disturbances and that those directives were consistent with Article 202 responsibilities. Therefore, Amidu questioned why, despite those actions, a separate structure initiated the dawn operations.
He described the sequence of events as evidence of a coordinated effort “to thrust the IGP before the public” while shielding the political command structure responsible for authorizing the joint security actions. Amidu maintained that the IGP’s own words undercut the justification later presented by government communicators.
