General News of Saturday, 4 February 2023
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Some people on social media, particularly pro-government voices, are demanding the arrest of Member of Parliament for North Tongu for acts deemed disrespectful to the judicial arm of government.
According to them, the manner in which Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa treated court documents served on him by a bailiff in the morning of February 3, 2023 was an affront to the authority of the court.
Ablakwa was sighted in a viral video purportedly rejecting service of a restraining order document from the secretary to the board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng, who is also known as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa gets down from his car and kicks the document after the bailiff tried to force it into his car on the premises of Metro TV after the Good Morning Ghana show - he was a guest on the programme.
Below are some of the demands for his arrest and the need for him to be cited for contempt:
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, can treat a document from a Court of Competent Jurisdiction with so much content and disrespect? Very shameful to say the least. https://t.co/Zq4qMaiGei pic.twitter.com/vxgH6qUSp5
— Charles N.T. Tagoe (@royaltcafe2012) February 3, 2023
Okudjato Ablakwa paaaa
— JB NSAWAM ???? (@JbNsawam) February 3, 2023
Law maker? Lord have mercy.
He must be serve with contempt of court. pic.twitter.com/X0xfYz85hA
Court issues restraining order on Ablakwa concerning the Prophet’s private matters. Apparently he had been dodging till they caught up with him at Metro tv.
— Besiaba AbaMansa (@BesiabaAM25) February 4, 2023
This is unfortunate ???? pic.twitter.com/u5SIdT7bTM
Okudzato ablakwa,Member of Parliament for North Tongu,kicking,and stamping an order of interim injunction secured by Kwabena Adu Gyamfi....
— Nana Ansah Obofour (@NanaAnsahObofou) February 3, 2023
How can Ablakwa be so disrespectful to the court,very useless MP#ShamelessAblakwa pic.twitter.com/AaIMyvF5jq
Court issues restraining order on Ablakwa concerning the Prophet’s private matters.Apparently he had been dodging till they caught up with him.
— Gen. Buhari (@Gen_Buhari_) February 3, 2023
Man have been dodging All this while till he was caught up today,If you know everything you’ve been saying is the truth then why dodge? pic.twitter.com/oqX6aBhpoI
GHANA MATTERS: This is SAMUEL OKUDZETO ABLAKWA, a Member of Ghana’s Parliament kicking the court papers served on him like a football. He has no respect for the court. Seems maturity is distantly many oceans away from his mindset. Unruly and indisciplined. Just Boyish. pic.twitter.com/S7tKck6Fjf
— Augustine Agbenaza (@august4551) February 3, 2023
Ablakwa wants the rule of law to work yet he is trying to destroy the injunction. What's a parliamentarian? Kai.
— Sarfo Collins (@Sarfoc19) February 3, 2023