Supreme Court slaps Akua Donkor with ¢10,000 fine for football claims against Akufo-Addo & Bawumia
Akua Donkor, Leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), has been slapped with GH¢10,000.00 fine by the Supreme Court for claiming that President Akuffo Addo and Vice President Mahmoud Bawumia were involved in a recent investigative journalism piece on alleged corruption in Ghana football.The suit filed by Akua Donkor against President Akuffo Addo and Vice President Mahmoud Bawumia was thrown out by the Supreme Court, the apex court of the land, and also awarded the cost of GH¢10,000.00 against the plaintiff who was absent in court.Akua Donkor had gone the Supreme Court, praying it to order the President and the Vice President to step down because their names have been mentioned in acts of corruption in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas investigative piece on the Ghana Football Association.The Supreme Court in its ruling noted that application filed by Akua Donkor lacked substance and same constituted an abuse of the court process.The seven member panel further observed that the statement of claim filed by the GFP leader lacked merit.Mr Sylvester Williams, Chief State Attorney (CSA) had argued that the application before the Court was incompetent hence the application should be dismissed.Mr Williams noted that the GFP leader...
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