John Mahama alarmed over ‘attack’ on Dormaahene concerning Gyakye Quayson’s case
The attacks and slurs directed at Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, the paramount chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, following his calls for the criminal trial of Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson to be dropped, have alarmed former President John Mahama.
Speaking earlier this month at John Evans Atta Mills’ 10th anniversary lecture in Sunyani, the Dormaahene pleaded with the Attorney General to file a nolle prosequi in court on the matter in light of Mr. Gyakye Quayson’s ostensible endorsement by his constituents in the by-election scheduled for Tuesday, June 27.
“As a matter of urgency, I am appealing to the President of the Republic that if he has any role to play in that trial, it should be aborted. The Attorney General should as a matter of urgency file a nolle prosequi to end that particular decision.
“Honestly, I don’t see the benefits this prosecution will bring Ghanaians. If he is in court, he can’t fulfill his mandate so the President and the Attorney General should do something urgently to end this matter, so we move on as Ghanaians,” he added
According to John Mahama, who blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the attacks, the revered traditional leader and his position as a High Court judge, who, he adds, has been praised for his decisions, were disregarded.
“For me, if they continue or not or stop or not, all I will say is whatever they do, we in the NDC are behind John Quayson,” he said in Twi.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s 2024 flagbearer was addressing a gathering at the Methodist School Park in Assin Breku to conclude the opposition party’s ‘Thank You tour’.
The tour’s goal, which reached its climax on Sunday, July 9, was to express gratitude to Assin North’s voters for the NDC’s electoral victory.
In the by-election, Mr. Gyakye Quayson, whose election in 2020 was overturned by the Supreme Court, was re-elected.
As a result of the constituents’ resolute resistance to the gifts the NPP showered upon them, Mr. Mahama believes that election will live on in national memory and serve as a prelude to 2024.
“We thank you Assin North. All Ghanaians are thankful. What I am saying is we will never forget you. In case the history of Ghana is written, yours will be engraved in gold.”
