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PAUL AWENTAMI AFOKO
V.
NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY & ANOR.

(2016) JELR 107359 (HC)

High Court 15 Aug 2016 Ghana
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- The High Court upheld the indefinite suspension of the Plaintiff, Paul Afoko, as National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), finding the procedure adopted was lawful, just, and fair; the Plaintiff’s action was dismissed in its ent

Case Details

Suit Number:GJ 184/2015
Judges:ANTHONY K. YEBOAH
Counsel:FRANCIS GARIBA APAM, ESQ. FOR OSAFO BUABENG, ESQ FOR THE PLAINTIFF; GODFRED YEBOA-DAME, ESQ. WITH MICHELLE ADWOA AKUFFO (MISS) & SAMUEL AKUFFO, ESQ FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

JUDGMENT

YEBOAH, J.

“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 twofold: the existence of substantial areas of agreement which have offset the centrifugal forces and, secondly, the ability of rulers to confine conflicts to their narrowest possible dimensions.” [i.s.]

A. Parties

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.

B. Procedural antecedents

By the Writ of Summons filed by the Plaintiff against the Defendants in thi…

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