{"id":219095,"date":"2016-06-02T10:33:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=219095"},"modified":"2016-06-02T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:33:34","slug":"ccourt-dismisses-sammy-crabbes-suit-against-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=219095","title":{"rendered":"Court dismisses Sammy Crabbe&#8217;s suit against NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Accra High Court has dismissed a suit by the second National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/20\/crabbe-sues-npp-over-suspension\/\">challenging his suspension<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the party.<\/p>\n<p>According to the judge, Justice Sir Dennis Adjei, the national disciplinary committee of the\u00a0NPP\u00a0has jurisdiction to hear and punish anyone who had been found to have breached some rules of the party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sammy-crabbe-in-court-6.jpg\" alt=\"sammy crabbe in court (6)\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qNwZbc8MdypTPzhWSVpr3A7Kg2iaOykC&#8221;]Another suspended national executive of the party, Paul Afoko,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/06\/afoko-to-testify-in-sammy-crabbes-case\/\">testified on behalf<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0the plaintiff, after questions were raised by Sammy Crabbe\u2019s lawyers over the capacity of one of the disciplinary committee members, Gifty Kusi.<\/p>\n<p>Sammy Crabbe\u00a0dragged the NPP\u00a0to court months after his suspension by the party&#8217;s National Executive Council (NEC), citing violation of the rules of natural justice, error on the face of the records and a breach of procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Crabbe was <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=KyGrZkhcPT:174165:2934:13:::sidebar:57500e1684eb02-73567941\">suspended indefinitely<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in 2015, alongside the party\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sammy-crabbe-in-court.jpg\" alt=\"sammy crabbe in court\" width=\"611\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The suspension of the two came after the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=dRNsVpoYWG:167778:2934:13:::sidebar:57501247d650b9-15807577\">suspension of the National Chairman<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Paul Afoko.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219144 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sammy-crabbe-in-court-2.jpg\" alt=\"sammy crabbe in court (2)\" width=\"639\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were suspended for \u201cmisconduct\u201d which included a disregard for party structures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219148 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sammy-crabbe-in-court-5.jpg\" alt=\"sammy crabbe in court (5)\" width=\"768\" height=\"574\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Crabbe, who is perceived as an ally to the suspended Paul Afoko, refused to appear before the NPP\u2019s disciplinary committee after several invitations before his suspension.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219239\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-219239\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/godfred-dame.jpg\" alt=\"Godfred Dame\" width=\"715\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Godfred Dame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Accra High Court has dismissed a suit by the second National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe,\u00a0challenging his suspension from the party. 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