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The doctor who granted the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, an obligation of medical excuse that resulted in his absence from court last Monday, reported in Accra High Court Thursday morning in response to the order. court appearance.
The court ordered Dr. Ken Addo of Holy Trinity Medical Center / Spa and Health Farm to appear before him today. [Thursday, October 1, 2020] to explain what happened when Mr. Agyapong was given a medical excuse.
However, when he arrived at the court premises, the court, chaired by Judge Amos Wuntah Wuni, modified its order for the doctor to appear on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
“… After serious reflection on the date of return, it is ordered that said court order [with a return date of October 1, 2020] ser and is amended to read: Said Dr. Ken Addo of Holy Trinity Medical Center / SPA and Health Farm is ordered to appear in court on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 10:00 am to speak with the Form of Obligation of medical excuse ”, said the variation order.
Agyapong on Monday, September 28, 2020, did not appear in court to answer the contempt charges due to what his lawyers said was a “complication of a post-COVID-19 condition.”
His lead attorney, Mr. Kwame Gyan, explained that his client had the complication after the court hearing last Friday.
Therefore, he submitted a medical excuse form and asked the court to postpone the case for 14 days to allow his client to recover.
Order
The presiding judge, Judge Amos Wuntah Wuni, agreed to adjourn the case, but ordered the doctor who drafted the duty of medical excuse to appear in court on Thursday.
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Contempt case
Mr. Agyapong is in court for an alleged derogatory comment in which he described the judge as “stupid.”
Mr. Agyapong’s alleged comments were made in relation to a land matter in which he had been sued by Susan Bandoh and Christopher Akuetteh Kotei (Kennedy Agyapong), Ibrahim Jaja, Nana Yaw Duodu aka Sledge and the Inspector General of Police.
While the case was still in the Land Division of the Superior Court (Land Court 12), the MP allegedly scandalized the court on a program broadcast on NET2 TV and Oman FM on September 2 of this year.
A court order signed on September 9 by Judge Wuni read: “I hereby summon said Kennedy Ohene Agyapong according to an order issued under my hand and seal to appear before the Superior Court (Land Court 12) on Monday 14 of September 2020, at 10:00 am to prove the cause for which he should not be severely punished for contempt if the issues against him are proven to the satisfaction of the court. “
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