THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, ACCRA (CRIMINAL LAW DIVISION 5) EX PARTE: BENJAMIN AKUFFO DARKO ATTORNEY GENERAL & INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

RULING DARKO ASARE JSC: The Applicant herein describes himself as an Associate Programmes Officer of the Democracy Hub, a Civil Society Organisation, registered under the laws of the Republic of Ghana; On the 5th of December 2023, the Applicant filed an application invoking the Supervisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pursuant to Article 132 of the Constitution 1992 and Rule 61 of the Supreme Court Rules C. I. 16 of 1996. In these proceedings learned Counsel moves the court on behalf of the Applicant for an order of certiorari to remove into this Court for the purpose of being quashed the decision of the High Court Accra, Criminal Division, dated the 22nd of November 2023 Coram: Her Ladyship Lydia Osei Marfo (Mrs); and for such further order or orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit. The events leading to the filing of the instant application are far from complex and may briefly be stated as follows:-. On the 9th day of October 2023, the Democracy Hub, communicated...