The
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, who was
sued together with other six persons by Dr. Nii Tetteh Kwei II,
Dzaasetse and other kingmakers of the Ga Dsaase Paramount Stool for
Contempt is to appear before Justice J. K. Dorgu, in High Court 12 Judge
today, to show cause why he should not be convicted for flouting the
orders of the court.
Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo was sued for
flouting an injunction application placed on the Homowo celebrations and
his verbal diarrhea on radio resulting in his utterances against the
newly installed Ga Mantse, Ga Dzaasetse, and the Ga Dzaase Council to
the effect that the installation of the new Ga Mantse was an illegality.
It
could be recall that, the legitimate Dsasetse of the Ga Traditional
Paramouncy Dr. Nii Tetteh Kwei and others filed an injunction on the
celebrations, but the celebration was held by some people and chiefs who
sprinkled the kpoikpoi during the Homowo.
In view of that, Nii
AyiBonte ,Adama Latse, Yaote Otoga, David Tackie Commey, Afotey Agbo,
And Nii Bi Anyah alias fingers, Gbese Mantse Nii Ayi Bonte have all been
cited for contempt as regards the celebration of the homowo.
In
the writ filed at the High Court, it was stated that the 2nd, 5th and
6th Respondent, Thomas Okine, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo and Nii Nabi Anyah
respectively, at all material times acted as the mouthpiece of the 1st
Respondent, (George Adama Tackie aka. Latse).
According to a
writ, the 6th Respondent was on radio on the 14th of August, 2015 on two
morning shows on Rainbow Fm and Radio Gold saying that the pending
process had no effect and went on to promise and indeed gave armed
Police protection to the 1st Respondent throughout the conduct
disrespecting the pending process and ensured that nobody went close to
the 1st Respondent.
“That the 6th and 7th Respondents are not
parties to SUIT NO. BMISC 863/2015 but they aided and abetted the
contempt committed by the other Respondents. …… that in spite of the
pending of the injunction application the 2nd Respondent exhibited a
total disregard of the law and a complete exhibition of disrespect for
the courts by openly declaring that the event that application for
injunction was seeking to restrain would go ahead as scheduled.”
It
however emerged that the defendants during the Homowo went ahead and
sprinkled the traditional Kpoikpoi even though they were aware of the
injunction, pretending as if they have not received any writ or
injunction order from the High court.
The Defendants, according
to the writ filed for which Afotey Agbo is appearing to day in Court,
have been holding themselves as Kingmakers. The Plaintiffs are praying
the court to restrain the defendants from holding themselves as such and
Adama Latse from holding himself as Ga Mantse.
Applicants also
stated that the conduct and behavior of the Respondents is an exhibition
of gross, unimaginable and unmitigated disrespect for the process of
the Honourable Court and without a doubt contemptuous of Court.
In
view of these, the applicants are praying the court to impose custodial
sentences on the Respondents including Afotey Agbo as the only
appropriate punishment for their contumelious behavior in addition to
any other punishment that the Court will impose. |
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