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COURT THROWS OUT
AFOKO’S EXHIBITS
The Human Rights Court presided over by Justice
Anthony Yeboah on Tuesday struck out four (4) out of
five (5) exhibits relied on by the suspended chairman of
the New Patriotic Party, Paul Afoko in the case he has
filed against the NPP.
This was pursuant to an
objection raised by counsel for the NPP Godfred Yeboah
Dame at the court's sitting yesterday.
The matter
had been adjourned to Wednesday 13th April, to enable
parties file and serve their respective pre-trial check
list.
When the matter was called, both sides had
complied with the order of the trial judge. The Court
thus indicated its intention to adjourn proceedings to a
date for the trial to commence. Counsel for NPP, Godfred
Dame however sprang to his feet to object to 4 of Mr
Afoko's 5 exhibits.
The first exhibit was a
document Mr Afoko's lawyers described as supplementary
objections to the petition filed by the NPP's council of
elders against Mr Afoko. Counsel contended that the
exhibit was irrelevant to the issues before the court.
Mr Afoko's lawyer, Osafo-Buabeng failed to justify the
relevance of the exhibit. The presiding judge
consequently upheld Mr Dame's objection and expunged the
exhibit from the record.
Counsel for the NPP
raised further objections to 3 other exhibits, being
statements filed by Mr Afoko's lawyers at the
Disciplinary Committee hearing, on the ground of being
irrelevant and thus, unhelpful to the resolution of
issues for trial. The Court, once again after hearing
arguments from both counsel, upheld Mr Dame's objections
and struck out those exhibits of Mr Afoko.
Justice Yeboah adjourned proceedings to 9th May, 2016
for trial.
Source: The Catalyst
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