We Will Proceed To The Supreme Court If . . . - Afoko’s Spokesperson

NPP Suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko

Spokesperson for the suspended National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko has opined that his boss will proceed all the way to the Supreme Court if they are still not satisfied with the outcome of the Appeals Court.

According to Nana Yaw Osei, since the law allows suspended Paul Afoko to go for an appeal after the High Court has given its verdict on his suspension case, Afoko’s team will resort to the Appeals Court to see how the three judges will decide on the case presided over by one judge.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Nana Yaw Osei averred the decision to go to the Appeals Court has nothing to do with the ruling of the High Court as it had been planned by the team to proceed to the Appeals Court if the outcome of the verdict at the High Court was not satisfactory.

Mr. Afoko had accused the NPP leadership, during his testimony, of not following due process before suspending him. He was also challenging the capacity of one the members of the party’s disciplinary committee, Gifty Kusi, who was part of the committee that recommended his suspension.

Giving his ruling, Justice Anthony Yeboah, said the lawyers of Afoko failed to prove that the party erred in the procedures that were used in suspending him; thus the Judge ruled that the party acted fairly and lawfully in the decision to suspend him.

But Nana Yaw Osei insisted that the legal team of Paul Afoko though accepts the ruling of the High Court, the team doesn’t agree with the verdict, adding that they will go for an appeal at the Appeals Court to challenge the High Court ruling.

“. . there will be an appeal. Maybe the ruling was given wrongly and so an appeal will give us another opportunity to add three judges to sit on the case. It can be possible that all the three or some of the judges will agree with Paul Afoko; we will certainly go for an appeal till it gets to the Supreme Court for the final arbitration. The law allows Afoko to go for an appeal,” he posited.

He therefore described as hypocrisy on the part of some NPP members and a section of Ghanaians calling on Afoko to stop the legal action against the party when the same party went to the Supreme Court to challenge the 2012 Presidential results.

“It was not wrong when the NPP went to court but it is wrong for Afoko to challenge the decision of the party over his chairmanship . . . this is hypocrisy to hear people say this to us. Didn’t they know the consequences when the party decided to suspend Paul Afoko? Now, we hear some people are saying we should put the case aside and think of the upcoming election,” he fumed.



Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com.gh