IGP promotes entire special female unit named after Otumfuo

Christian Tetteh Yuhonu, who is the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has granted promotions to all members of the Police Royal Ladies, a special all-female group in the Ghana Police Service named after Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to their next ranks.

This kind of promotion was granted after two separate parades of honor, which was held for Otumfuo—first at the Police Headquarters on January 6, 2026, during the first Akwasidae of the year at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

During the Akwasidae celebration, Christian Tetteh Yuhonu (IGP) stated that the Ladies’ guard of honor was their simple way of expressing the Ghana Police Service’s sincere appreciation for Otumfuo’s unprecedented visit to the police headquarters.

Christian Tetteh Yuhonu, who is the Inspector General of Police (IGP) stated that “We have these ladies called royal ladies. We named them after Otumfuo. They have come to grace the occasion and to make the first of its kind in the Manhyia Palace, and also attended by many of our POMAB members here this afternoon.”

Mr. Christian Tetteh Yuhonu again said “I wish to announce to Otumfuo that these ladies have been working very hard. They have distinguished themselves and are only available to do anything possible to make Ghana proud, and for this being the first of its kind to honour Otumfuo at the National Police headquarters and also being the first of its kind to visit the Manhyia Palace, the police administration decided to promote them to the next rank.”

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