Dormaahene’s comment on Gyakye Quayson’s trial is “senseless, repugnant and wrong” – Sam Okudzeto
Sam Okudzeto, a member of the General Legal Council and a former president of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), has denounced the Dormaahene for his remarks on the ongoing trial of James Gyakye Quayson, the incoming MP for Assin North.
He asserts that the current High Court Judge and Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II made a mistake by publicly calling for the dismissal of the criminal case.
“It is wrong, it is repugnant, it is senseless for a sitting high court judge to stand on a public platform and make an utterance of that nature. This is my view.”
President Akufo-Addo has been urged to intervene and halt the prosecution of the MP-elect James Gyakye Quayson by the Dormaahene, Osagyefo Badu II, who is also the head of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs.
Speaking at the 10th anniversary lecture of John Evans Atta Mills in Sunyani, Osagyefo Agyemang Badu, also known in the legal community as His Lordship, Justice Daniel Mensah said that pursuing the case would not in any way advance the development of the nation.
“As a matter of urgency, I am appealing to the President of the Republic, Attorney General if he has any role to play, that the trial should be aborted,” he appealed.
The former President of the Ghana Bar Association, Sam Okudzeto, is demanding the immediate dismissal of the judge.
“If I was sitting in that disciplinary committee of the judicial council, I would have asked him to resign or asked him to be sacked as a judge. That’s what I would have done,” he said.
He advised that citizens take up the matter and complain to the appropriate body to keep people in authority in check.
The Assin North MP-elect, James Gyakye Quayson is being tried for forgery and perjury after he was charged by the Attorney-General’s Office.
He is also accused of deceiving a public officer and knowingly making a false declaration when he filed nominations to contest in the 2020 election when he had not renounced his Canadian citizenship.
However, he has filed a motion on notice at the High Court for a stay of proceedings, pending an appeal.
Meanwhile, he’s expected to be sworn into office again on Tuesday, July 4, after winning the Assin North.
