OSEI BONSU AMOAH vs. ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE [2012]DLHC8654

Date	2012-06-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AHR 8/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLHC8654

DENNIS D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL

NANA SAKYIWAAH HOLDING THE BRIEF OF THADDEOUS SORY ESQ FOR THE PLAINTIFF

DR PHILIP ANDERSON FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2012]DLHC8654
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OSEI BONSU
AMOAH<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>ECONOMIC AND ORGANISED CRIME OFFICE<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. AHR 8/2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 28TH
MARCH, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA
SAKYIWAAH HOLDING THE BRIEF OF THADDEOUS SORY ESQ FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DR
PHILIP ANDERSON FOR THE DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DENNIS
D. ADJEI JUSTICE OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DENNIS
ADJEI, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff&nbsp; has instituted this
action&nbsp; against the&nbsp; defendant for<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that upon a true and proper construction of Defendant’s statutory
powers Defendant has no&nbsp; statutory
mandate to investigate purely civil/commercial matters.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the facts that give rise to Defendant’s letter of 09/01/12
inviting plaintiff to meet the Executive Director&nbsp; EOCO are purely&nbsp; civil commercial matters&nbsp; not falling&nbsp;
within Defendants statutory mandate.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that that the action&nbsp; of the
Defendant to investigate fraud&nbsp; in
the&nbsp; award of contracts for the CAN 2008
stadia and payment of judgment debt to Alfred Woyome as well as Defendant’s
public statements are calculated to undermine and pre judice&nbsp; the outcome&nbsp;
of the matter between the Attorney General&nbsp; and Alfred Woyome.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that accordingly Defendant’s invitation to meet with the Executive
Director EOCO in terms&nbsp; of &nbsp;Defendant’s &nbsp;&nbsp;letter
of 09/01/12 falls outside Defendant’s statutory mandate.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration&nbsp; that the&nbsp; request&nbsp;
made by&nbsp; Defendant on plaintiff in
terms of its letter of 09/01/12 is ultra vires and illegal&nbsp; and unjustifiable.<o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration&nbsp; that the Defendant’s&nbsp; letter of 09/01/12 inviting plaintiff to meet
the Executive Director&nbsp; EOCO is not&nbsp; a fair reasonable, proper &nbsp;and candid&nbsp;
exercise of Defendant’s statutory s powers.<o:p></o:p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that plaintiff has a right&nbsp;
to be informed in as much detail as possible&nbsp; the reason for which plaintiff intends to
meet with the Executive Director of EOCO.<o:p></o:p>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
of perpetual injunction restraining&nbsp;
Defendant from compelling&nbsp; by any
means whatsoever and/or procuring plaintiff to assist&nbsp; Defendant&nbsp;
from compelling&nbsp; by any means
whatsoever&nbsp; and/or&nbsp; procuring plaintiff to assist&nbsp; Defendant in terms&nbsp; of Defendant’s letter of 09/01/12”.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff further filed an application for interlocutory injunction restraining
the Defendant/respondent whether by itself, its agents, servants or assigns
from continuing with the investigations into&nbsp;
suspected fraud&nbsp; in the award&nbsp; of contracts for CAN 2008 stadia and the&nbsp; payment of judgment debts to Alfred
Woyome&nbsp; and /or&nbsp; in any way&nbsp;
compelling by any means whatsoever plaintiff to assist&nbsp; in the aforesaid investigation. The defendant
has also&nbsp; resisted&nbsp; the application&nbsp; on the basis that it&nbsp; is&nbsp; a
statutory body&nbsp; and an order &nbsp;&nbsp;for injunction&nbsp; cannot be granted&nbsp; to restrain&nbsp;
it from performing&nbsp; its statutory
duties&nbsp; when&nbsp; the plaintiff had not&nbsp; appeared before&nbsp; it and&nbsp;
can demonstrate or show that it had improperly exercise</main>