Important information about an alleged assault on police officers by former National Service Person (NSP), Deborah Seyram Adablah, has been provided by the Ghana Police Service’s Greater Accra Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The event, which transpired while attempting to carry out a court order for the preservation of a contested vehicle, has prompted legal action and aroused concerns about the behavior of both sides.
As a subpoenaed witness, Detective Sergeant Thompson Ayitey, an investigator with the Greater Accra Regional CID, provided insight into the circumstances behind Adablah’s arrest. Ayitey claims that Adablah violently attacked and impeded police officers from carrying out the directive.
In her testimony, Ayitey stated, “I didn’t start the execution order. Instead, I was the night investigator on the specified date when Deborah Seyram Adablah was brought into custody by the Regional Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) for assaulting police officers and preventing them from carrying out orders.”
Deborah Adablah and banker Ernest Kwasi Nimako were embroiled in legal battles at the time of Adablah’s conduct; Adablah had previously had her case against Nimako dismissed for sexual harassment.
Lawyer Mohammed Atta, the Adablah’s counsel, questioned the prosecution about when the execution order started. Detective Sergeant Ayitey elaborated, saying, “I didn’t start the execution procedure. Instead, I was the night investigator on the specified date when Deborah S. Adablah was brought into custody by the Regional Counterterrorism Unit (CTU) for both assaulting and hindering police officers from carrying out orders.”
