Former Special Prosecutor Martin A. B. K. Amidu has openly criticized President John Mahama’s decision to grant Inspector-General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno a two-year post-retirement contract, describing the move as a contradiction of the President’s own promises.
In a statement issued on 26 November 2025 sighted by MyNewsGh, Amidu said, “President John Mahama deserves congratulations for giving the Inspector-General of Police… a post-retirement contract appointment for two years to demonstrate his inability to keep to his own promise to the electorate on post-retirement contracts.”
According to Amidu, the Police Council had initially recommended a one-year extension “as a matter of constitutional formality,” but the final announcement was delayed because, as he put it, “the IGP’s lobbyists objected to the recommendation and insisted on President Mahama making it two years.”
He questioned the transparency surrounding the process, arguing that public communication was misleading.
“The propaganda that the Police Council had recommended the extension… for two years without informing the public of the earlier recommendation of a one-year post-retirement contract is nauseating and an insult to the sovereign electorate,” he said.
Amidu also commented on internal tensions within the police hierarchy. “The Ghana Police High Command is like a basket of crabs… There are younger officers whose expectation of career progression… are frustrated even by a one-year post-retirement contract,” he stated, adding that such frustrations fueled leaks within the service.
He revealed that he had long predicted the two-year extension, saying, “I had told a friend that once I had written about the subject John Mahama would grant IGP Yohuno’s a two-year extension… My reply was: Well, it was and is the reset plan.”
Amidu went further, comparing the decision to previous appointments he considers problematic. He cited the case of W.O.1 Samuel Bright Acquah, saying his elevation from retirement back to the High Court was part of an “opaque reset agenda.”
He concluded by accusing President Mahama of prioritizing loyalty over merit.
“I congratulate President Mahama for violating his own rules and promises… This is a typical example of the President’s exhibition of fidelity to his family, friends, and cronies as the core principle of his reset government agenda thus far,” Amidu said, adding that “We-the-People can never be deceived all the time.”
