QUAYSON V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL

EDUSEI J.A.: The government appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate the escape of five prisoners from the Ussher Fort Prison on 12 November 1979. A number of prison officers including the appellant appeared before the commission. A report was, in due course, submitted to the government. The government also released a White Paper on the commission’s report and insofar as the appellant, who was Deputy Director of Prisons, was concerned, the government made the following statement:

“As regards Mr. S. B. Quayson, the commission found that he showed lack of concern and duty consciousness with respect to instructions to draft a letter to the Superintendent of Ussher Fort Prison to disperse the five escaped prisoners. However, the commission made no recommendation concerning him as to punishment which must have been an oversight or unintended omission. The government therefore directs that Mr. Quayson’s services should be dispensed with. In line not only with action ordered against …