Ghana Police Service ready to battle Waltergates Limited over GH¢25 million suit

Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Cephas Arthur has stated that the police is ready to battle information technology firm, Waltergates [Gh] Limited, in court over the GH¢25 million suit arising out of the Police online recruitment exercise.

Although they are unaware of the reasons why the firm has sued them, Arthur says they are ready to meet them in court should they be served with the suit.

Arthur told Onua FM that “We don’t know why they are suing us. We had a contract somewhere in 2011 to embark on a project which didn’t materialise but we don’t know if that is the reason or not.”

DSP Arthur also said the online recruitment exercise wasn’t done by any IT firm but by their own IT personnel in the Police Service, noting “There were challenges in the preparation but we were able to sort it out to get the final work done,” he added.

When asked whether the IT firm was informed of the Service's decision to use its own IT personnel for the development of the online recruitment platform, DSP Arthur declined to answer for fear of contempt of court.