{"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\/2016\/06\/ccourt-dismisses-sammy-crabbes-suit-against-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Court dismisses Sammy Crabbe’s suit against NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the party.<\/p>\n

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

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[contextly_sidebar id=”qNwZbc8MdypTPzhWSVpr3A7Kg2iaOykC”]Another suspended national executive of the party, Paul Afoko,\u00a0testified 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

Sammy Crabbe\u00a0dragged the NPP\u00a0to court months after his suspension by the party’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

Mr. Crabbe was suspended indefinitely<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in 2015, alongside the party\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong.<\/p>\n

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The suspension of the two came after the suspension of the National Chairman<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Paul Afoko.<\/p>\n

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They were suspended for \u201cmisconduct\u201d which included a disregard for party structures.<\/p>\n

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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

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By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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 […]<\/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":"\nCourt dismisses Sammy Crabbe's suit against NPP - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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