The High Court in Accra has ordered lawyers for Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, also known as Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, Secretary to the National Cathedral’s Board of Trustees, to properly serve North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on the contempt proceedings against the legislator.
After being caught on video kicking an interim injunction obtained in connection with a defamation suit filed against him, lawyers for the plaintiff filed a contempt application against the MP.
The court, however, noted on Tuesday that the MP had not been properly served with the contempt application as required by law.
As a result, it directed Rev. Kusi’s attorneys to file the necessary paperwork with the Speaker of Parliament.
One of the lawyers for Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, stated that the judge’s position indicates that the contempt application has been rejected.
Meanwhile, a few party leaders and lawmakers who accompanied Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to court have vowed to support him.
“This is to indicate that, the NDC as a party is fully behind our comrade. The party is not dithered at all. There is nothing the forces can do to discourage him. The cause he is fighting is a cause of truth and transparency, the party stands fully behind him”, NDC General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey said.
Rev. Kusi Boateng has been the target of a determined campaign by Mr. Ablakwa, who has accused him of having a double identity.
In light of some funds he received from the National Cathedral Board of Trustees under a different name, Rev. Kusi Boateng, who is also the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, has been charged with conflict of interest.
He however secured a ten-day injunction barring the North Tongu lawmaker from making further “disclosures of private documents, correspondence, communication and property belonging to the applicant” on February 3.
