Justice Paul Dery, one of the accused judges who sued Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Judicial Council over the recent exposé has filed another suit to stop the premiering of the video at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The suit is against the Director of Estates and General Services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Manager of the Accra International Conference Centre and the Attorney General.
[contextly_sidebar id=”wZ0QxzGonHZaLqn4DGvzYXf1lM3wZLbB”]Investigative Jounalist, Anas and his Tigerpi team had scheduled September 22 and 23 to premiere the video at the said venue.
But according to the judge he would suffer prejudice and irreparable damage if the respondents are not restrained and his suit succeeds in the long run.
Reliefs Justice Dery is seeking
Justice Dery is seeking a declaration that the intended public screening of the contents of the audio visual recordings to the public by Tiger Eye P I at the AICC is prejudicial to the plaintiff’s right to a fair hearing.
He is also seeking an order restraining the defendants and their agents from making the AICC available for the intended public screening of the said video from September 22 to September 23, 2015.
“A perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from publishing the contents of the illegality and unlawfully procured audio visual recordings at any of its facilities.”
“A perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from carrying out or making the AICC or any of its facilities available for public screening of the said illegally and unlawfully procured audio visual recordings.”
“Cost including legal fees and any other order (s) that the honourable court may deem fit to make.”
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana