{"id":337900,"date":"2017-07-20T06:15:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337900"},"modified":"2017-07-20T06:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:15:48","slug":"were-ready-to-face-ec-boss-in-court-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/were-ready-to-face-ec-boss-in-court-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re ready to face EC boss in court \u2013 Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, the lawyer for a group of aggrieved workers of the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/19\/charlotte-osei-ill-sue-aggrieved-ec-workers-for-defamation\/\"><strong>Electoral Commission<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (EC) who are demanding the impeachment of the Charlotte Osei has said he is ready to meet her in court.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he has enough evidence to back claims they made against her which formed the basis for their demand for her removal from office.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;3Ous0gEK4zFnuRomXE45KCSKF0Ve5iVg&#8221;]Speaking on\u00a0<strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Lawyer Opoku-Agyemang said, he will not be intimated by the threat by <a href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/19\/ec-staff-petition-nana-addo-to-sack-charlotte-osei\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Charlotte Osei<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to go to court over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after Lawyer Opoku-Agyemang on behalf of the workers petitioned President Akufo-Addo to impeach the EC Chairperson, lawyers for the embattled chair served notice of their intention to go to court to protect her image.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the claims by the aggrieved workers in the petition were unsubstantiated and intended to damage her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the development on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Lawyer Opoku Agyemang said he was unperturbed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be very glad to meet them in court. If anybody suggests that there has been defamation, it will make my day. I\u2019m not the type of person who will be intimidated by the use these words which would not even intimidate a fly. A petition has been sent and we will follow through the petition. We will make sure that that petition is proceeded with as required by law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Charlotte Osei also demanded the list of workers who were behind the petition \u201cto enable us commence legal action against them for the defamatory statements contained in their petition failing which our client will be constrained to proceed against you alone as defendant in the suit our client intends to commence against them since you are to all intents and purposes, their agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Lawyer Opoku-Agyemang said he will disclose the identity of his clients at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he will only do so to the recipient of the petition, the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clients are available and at the appropriate phase, we will disclose them. They have offices and they will be known\u2026I will disclose it to the office to whom I submitted the petition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EC staff petition Nana Addo to sack Charlotte Osei<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some aggrieved employees of the Electoral Commission (EC) have <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/19\/ec-staff-petition-nana-addo-to-sack-charlotte-osei\/\"><strong>petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to dismiss the Chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei.<\/p>\n<p>The employees in a statement insisted Mrs. Osei should be impeached for among others, bringing\u00a0the \u201cCommission\u2019s name into disrepute by single highhandedly petitioning EOCO on an alleged misappropriation of staff endowment fund for malicious reasons. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>They further revealed that following her appointment as EC Chair, Mrs. Osei \u201ccompromised the independence and neutrality of the Commission by arranging for 2015 V8 Land Cruiser with registration WR 2291-15 from the office of the President for use as official vehicle without going through the procurement process or recourse to the Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, the lawyer for a group of aggrieved workers of the Electoral Commission (EC) who are demanding the impeachment of the Charlotte Osei has said he is ready to meet her in court. 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