Crabbe suit ‘needless’ – NPP Lawyer

Lawyer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Godfred Dame, has said the party was dragged into needless litigation in court as far as the suit filed by Mr Sammy Crabbe, the party’s suspended second Vice Chairman was concerned.

On Thursday June 2, the Human Rights Court in Accra threw out Mr Crabbe’s suit against his party, NPP, with which he challenged his suspension.

He was suspended after two members of the party, Mr Boye Laryea and Ms Gladys Tsotso Mann-Dedey, filed a complaint against him for allegedly uttering words in the media that had the potential to bring the party into disrepute.

He was accused of saying he could not work with the executive members who were appointed to act in the positions of the National Chairman and the General Secretary. The National Chair and the General Secretary were also suspended.

He described his suspension as an act of lawlessness by "coup makers" and went to the Human Rights Court for remedy.

But the Court presided over by Justice Dennis Adjei said Mr. Crabbe's refusal to appear before the disciplinary committee of the NPP after they invited him constituted a waiver of his right to a fair hearing and the rules of natural justice.

The court, therefore, said the application fails in its entirety and same is dismissed.

Speaking with journalists after the ruling, Lawyer for the NPP, Godfred Dame said “the party has been dragged into a needless litigation.”

“Every member of the party is subject to the disciplinary rod of the party,” he added.