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Media professionals covering the contempt case against Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong were denied access to the courtroom on Friday.
Police personnel at the Superior Court hearing insisted that they were only following “instructions from above” and would not allow any member of the media staff to enter the courtroom.
However, after some exchanges with the police, a media person was allowed to cover on behalf of all the media present.
In the previous session, the court adjourned the matter after Kennedy Agyapong’s lawyers told the court that they had filed a request for judicial review in the Supreme Court, asking the court to stop the contempt case against him by a court. of Circuit of Accra.
This morning’s court was expected to continue deliberating with his lawyers on matters of jurisdiction and procedure.
Kennedy Agyapong is alleged to have made a statement deemed derogatory in the case in which Susan Bandoh and Christopher Akuetteh Kotei sued him, Ibrahim Jaja, Nana Yaw Duodu, alias Sledge, and the Inspector General of Police in a land dispute.
While the case was still pending, the court’s attention was drawn to a television (NET2 TV) and radio (Oman FM) program allegedly broadcast on September 2 of this year, in which the MP is said to “scandalize and threaten” the court.
A court order signed on September 9 by Judge Wuni read: “I hereby quote the aforementioned Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for an order issued under my hand and seal to appear before the High Court (Land Court 12) on Monday September 14 10:00 am to prove cause why you should not be severely punished for contempt if the issues are proven against you to the satisfaction of the court. “
