Sunyani High Court throws out Abronye’s application of abridgement of time

Sunyani High Court throws out Abronye’s application of abridgement of time

Today, the Sunyani High Court, presided over by His Lordship Patrick Baayeh, the supervising High Court judge throws away a frivolous, incompetent and unmeritorious application for abridgement of time filed by Abronye DC on the 3rd February, 2023.

In connection with the pending lawsuits against Sunyani East Constituency of the New Patriotic Party, Abronye DC and Nine(9) others including Ansu kumi, the Municipal Chief Executive of Sunyani were cited for contempt for their recalcitrant behaviour.

The applicants who are praying the Court to cite Abronye DC and nine others for contempt states that, in spite of the order of injunctions served on Abronye DC and his counterparts, they have carried out all pre- election activities for the polling station and Electoral area Coordinators Elections as well as constituency elections in the Sunyani East Constituency.

Interesting, Abronye DC and Ansu kumi as well as the other contemnors had admitted in Court saying that, the plaintiffs had gone for injunction and for that matter the processes regarding sunyani East Constituency polling station and Electoral area Coordinators Elections were halted and they never organized any polling station, electoral and Constituency elections or what so ever in Sunyani East Constituency.

So the court set 5th December, 2022 to have delivered its ruling which due to the absence of some of the respondents had to adjourned to 1st February, 2023.

On the 1st February, 2023 both lawyers prayed to the Court to adjourned the delivery of the ruling to 15th March, 2023.

But for whatever reason best known to Abronye and his colleagues who are all contemnors, surprisingly, file an application for abridgement of time telling the Court to rather deliver its ruling on the 13th February, 2023. This time round a different lawyer from Accra other than lawyer Kofi iddrisssah filed the processes for them.

The lame and unreasonable reasons given by Abronye DC is that, he is scheduled to secure the necessary documentation and travel out of the jurisdiction for various reasons which will also include medical care hahahaha hahahaha!!!! and that the particular times for the said return trips are unknown as of now.

This baffles the mind of every reasonable person and the applicants are now saying that;

1. such deposition suggests that Abronye DC and his cronies know the outcome of the contempt application and the ruling/verdict that the court is going to deliver, an observation that is quite worrying and affront to justice.

2. That, Abronye’s affidavit raises reasonable suspicion as regards the pending ruling and the direction same will go.

3. That, because of Abronye’s little knowledge in law, they want to remind him that court dates are fixed at the convenience of the court and not at the convenience of even lawyers let alone parties.

4. That Abronye DC cannot dictate to the High Court when it should fix or call its cases including the matter before it.

5. That, Abronye’s application or deposition of the affidavit in support is disrespectful, a display of pride and an indication of having taken the court and its processes for granted.

Finally, the Court did a marvellous job by taking an exception to the basis of Abronye’s application and dismissed it.

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