PAUL AWENTAMI AFOKO vs NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY, FREDDIE BLAY [2016]DLHC16349

Date	2016-08-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ 184/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC16349

HIS LORDSHIP ANTHONY K. YEBOAH J

FRANCIS GARIBAAPAM ESQ

OSAFO BUABENG ESQ

GODFRED YEBOA-DAME ESQ

MICHELLE ADWOA AKUFFO

SAMUEL AKUFFO ESQ

[2016]DLHC16349
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432">PAUL AWENTAMI AFOKO<o:p></o:p></a>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY, FREDDIE BLAY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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bold"><o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. GJ 184/2015&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: 15TH
AUGUST 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

FRANCIS GARIBAAPAM&nbsp; ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp; FOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; OSAFO
BUABENG ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

GODFRED YEBOA-DAME ESQ. WITH MICHELLE ADWOA AKUFFO (MISS) &amp; SAMUEL AKUFFO
ESQ FOR DEFENDANTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM <o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP ANTHONY K. YEBOAH J<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;“Men of the same society have disagreed about
the nature of gods, the distribution of economic rewards, political arrangements, and the nature
of the good; and yet such
conflicts have not always issued in social and political upheaval. The reason
for this has been two- fold: the existence of substantial areas of agreement1 which have offset the centrifugal forces
and, secondly, the ability of
rulers to confine conflicts to their narrowest possible dimensions.”2 [i.s.]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h1 style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l20 level1 lfo20;
tab-stops:18.0pt 36.0pt 76.9pt">A.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parties<o:p></o:p></h1>This
is the final judgment in the civil action involving the New Patriotic Party (NPP), one of the prominent political parties in Ghana and currently in opposition
in Parliament, as the 1st
Defendant and its suspended
National Party Chairperson, Mr. Paul Awentami Afoko as the Plaintiff. Freddie
Blay, Esq., the 2nd Defendant is the Acting National
Chairperson of the NPP.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h1 style="margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm;line-height:115%;mso-list:l20 level1 lfo20;
tab-stops:9.0pt 18.0pt 22.5pt 36.0pt 76.9pt">B.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Procedural antecedents<o:p></o:p></h1>By
the Writ of Summons filed by the Plaintiff against the Defendants in this Court