Lawyers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have threatened to cite the suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko, for contempt of court if he\u00a0does not desist from media comments on the case in court.<\/p>\n
NPP lawyer, Godfred Dame, sought a court order this morning to compel Mr. Afoko to cease all media comments until the final determination of the case in court.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ZlV2xYr4YIhlVRz5UlGAFnjV4kAwnOso”]The presiding Judge, Anthony Yeboah, after hearing from lawyer for Afoko, Safo Boabeng\u00a0 declined to\u00a0comment and proceeded to adjourn the matter to April 12 for both parties to complete the filing of documents.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Safo Boabeng also admitted that his client had indeed been making public comments in the media.<\/p>\n
Why Afoko sued NPP<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPP\u2019s National Executive Committee\u00a0suspended Paul Afoko in October 2015 for \u201cmisconduct.\u201d The decision was adopted by the\u00a0party\u2019s National Council, which is the second highest decision making body of the party after congress.<\/p>\n Mr. Afoko rejected the reasons for his suspension and subsequently sued the party\u00a0for taking such an action against him.<\/p>\n Unconstitutional suspension?<\/strong><\/p>\n The suspended Chair\u00a0had earlier described his suspension as unconstitutional and a breach of natural justice.<\/p>\n \u201cThe illegal National Executive Committee meeting adopted the illegal recommendations of the disciplinary committee following the rules and procedures laid down by the constitution by appealing against these illegalities,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n My opponents \u2018plotted\u2019 my suspension<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul Afoko had alleged that the party\u2019s action against him was masterminded\u00a0by some members of the party who opposed his candidature before his election.<\/p>\n He said the members of National Council meeting that\u00a0voted to suspend him are his avowed opponents who worked against his candidature ahead of the party\u2019s congress to elect national officers.<\/p>\n \u201cAll those who voted at the Council meeting were against my candidature,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n Kwabena Agyepong, Sammy Crabbe\u00a0suspended<\/strong><\/p>\n The NPP also suspended its General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong and Second Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe after that of Paul of Afoko. They were also suspended for \u201cmisconduct\u201d which included a\u00a0disregard for party structures.<\/p>\n The two are also seen\u00a0as allies to Mr. Afoko.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lawyers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have threatened to cite the suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko, for contempt of court if he\u00a0does not desist from media comments on the case in court. NPP lawyer, Godfred Dame, sought a court order this morning to compel Mr. Afoko to cease all media comments until the final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n