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Spokesperson for suspended National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Yaw Osei, has said his boss’ case against the party will not be weakened merely because suspended General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong failed to appear in court as a witness.<\/p>\n

According to him, his boss has moved on from the\u00a0no-show in court<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Mr. Agyepong withdrew as a witness for Mr. Afoko, who is challenging his suspension from the party in court.<\/p>\n

But according to Mr. Afoko\u2019s spokesperson, Nana Yaw Osei, he would not waste time explaining Mr. Agyepong\u2019s absence as the suspended General Secretary\u00a0was not obligated to appear before the court.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”P9qmg24UaBkA5du6ew3JNb4V2eYiwqSK”]Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Osei said, \u201cWe will not waste time on somebody who has accepted to be witness and at the last minute refuses to be witness. Why would you waste time on explaining why he wouldn\u2019t come?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can be compelled to be a witness to a party in a suit. Witnesses would have to freely accept that they will come and testify for you in court,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Osei\u00a0further indicated that a pronouncement by Mr. Afoko\u2019s lawyers in court effectively meant they had moved on from Kwabena Agyepong\u2019s no-show in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the announcement of the lawyers of Mr. Afoko that the plaintiff has closed his case, that meant they are moving on. So we moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don’t place premium on\u00a0Agyepong\u2019s testimony<\/strong><\/p>\n

He further urged the media not to put premium on Mr. Agyepong\u2019s witness statement saying, \u201cWe are saying the impression being created out there in the media that\u00a0if Mr. Agyepong did to not come to testify for Mr Afoko, then that was the end of the Mr. Afoko\u2019s matter; it is a misconception\u2026 let\u2019s not place so much premium on Mr. Agyepong\u2019s witness statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further intimated that Mr. Agyepong\u2019s no-show was not necessarily a surprise to Mr. Afoko saying, \u201cBecause he [Afoko] knew that Mr. Agyepong was likely not to turn up, for him, it was okay. It was only those who were hearing that information for the first time who were surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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