Private legal practitioner, Nana Obiri Boahen has hauled Major Richard Opoku Adusei, Army Commander of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) before a Sunyani High Court for contempt.
The applicant wants the court to imprison the military officer for disrespecting an order of interlocutory injunction restraining all parties from developing a four building plot of land which is currently a subject of litigation.
He argued that the conduct of Major Adusei constitutes a willful and malicious intent to scandalize the administration of justice by ignoring and treating the application for the grant of interlocutory injunction with gross disregard and impunity.
Mr. Boahen who is also the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had on March 17, 2015 caused a writ of summons to be issued against the respondent and three others- the Attorney-General, one Mr. Burkina (a Caterpillar driver) and Kweku Frimpong Manso, brother of the Paramount Chief of Techiman following the destruction of his five thousand-six inches blocks; 10 trips of sand; four trips of chippings among others on the said land.
The applicant claims the land was gifted to him by the Elders of the Tuobodom Stool after successfully defending three of its indigenes in a taboo related case at the Techiman Circuit Court in 1992.
In an affidavit in support of the contempt application, the Enso Nyame Ye Chambers lawyer was emphatic that regrettably and strangely Major Adusei who is supposed to know better by virtue of his position in the GAF has treated the application with a scornful disdain.
Mr. Boahen stated that work is ongoing on the plot in dispute by the respondent who as an Army Officer has instructed, directed and instigated well-armed soldiers to parade and guard the land whilst work is being done.
The NPP Scribe stated the respondent is using his position as a senior military officer to wage and pursue his conduct of lawlessness and blatant disregard for law and order, a presumptuous conduct which is not only inimical but also an affront to the conferred authority of the court.
The affidavit said “the respondent by this conduct is telling the whole world that to hell with the application for interlocutory injunction because I am a Senior Army Officer.”
Mr. Boahene further contended that Major Adusei’s conduct is one wittingly displayed and maliciously done to poison the stream of justice insisting that the conviction and imprisonment of the respondent would send strong signal to other Senior Officers that we are not in a jungle where the survival of the fittest is the order of the day.
Source: Daily Guide
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eno,what has beauty got to do with this?such people like you with shallow thinking is why ndc could rule that long. You are just an idi*t. NDC have used nons*nsical comments to opposition and they never Learn sense. Indeed a fo*l is and will always be a fo*l no matter what change. If you are handsome than him using eno female name it shows you are a faggot which he is not and he is a lawyer which you are not so he is smarter and brilliant than you,that is a necessity of life. You must be brilliant to suucceed in life or smarter to succeed in business which you lack any of them. Ndc are soar losers and will stay in opposition till thy kingdom come. It started with John and ended with John 3:16. Your rigging machine has been destroyed.The army officer must obey the laws of the GAF and the constitution of the land as lawyer Obiri Boahen said we are not in a jungle where the survival of the fittest is practiced. We are in a rule of law and no one is exception.NDC is not good for Ghana.
This is the problem with us Ghanaians. When someone offends you people will be saying in the name of God forgive. As much as it is good to forgive we must learn to use the law when ever necessary. You can't say because you are an army official people should go a ND guide a land that you know there's litigation on for it to be developed. It is much better if he is imprisoned so that he will understand that he can't abuse the law simply because he is an army officer.
I am not handsome, but one person I can confidently beat my chest and say I am more handsome than he is obiri boahene.
is it true that the army commander did what the man is saying? fellow Ghanaians, let's get this right;the law must work. if we're going to allow someone to disobey the law because he or she is army commander, then we have to throw our constitution into a dustbin
you do understand that we live in a country of laws. a military commander can be jailed if he is breach of civil laws.the military is a creature of the constitution...it is not an arm of gov't but the judiciary...if he has supporters who are loyal to him and will cause trouble because their commander has been jailed for breaching civil laws then they must be discharged from that institution because their loyalty is to an individual and not to the Republic which they have a sworn duty to protect and defend. if indeed this commander is breach of court orders he is to subjected to law as any ordinary individual...the fact that we owe them our security doesn't mean they are above the constitution.
You want an army commander to be imprisoned abi. You have forgotten that such a person has subordinates who may be loyal to him. You just won power and want an army commander to be jailed. I hope your president elect is watching you, because if you start this way chances are the military could oust you from power in no time. Why not call for settlement of the issue but pursuing this in a law court. The police command and the military command are no longer going to be the puddle of any group of politicians, because they are now extremely smarter. You fuuuulls take huge pays and they receive peanuts so they are ready to deal with you unlike before.
Nana Obiri Boahen,'manso no dooso'. I've litigation on land issues almost at every court in Brong Ahafo. The fact that u're a lawyer thus not mean u must be a litigant. U're a christian, learn to forgive a little and also resort to arbitration to solve some if these issues. I like u very much but ... People talk about u too much; it pains me a lot. Pls u can either call or WhatsApp me on 0246380933 for a healthy discussion.