The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and the Omanhene of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to intervene in the prosecution of MP-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson.
According to Nana Agyeman Badu, the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame must file a nolle prosequi to abort the criminal file of the Member of Parliament.
Speaking at the 10th-anniversary lecture of John Evans Atta Mills, in Sunyani, Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II. who is a sitting High Court Judge explained that the prosecution of Gyakye Quayson is of no relevance to the country’s development and unity.
He added that the elected MP cannot function properly due to the prosecution hence the government must take immediate steps to discontinue the case.
Mr. Quayson is facing criminal charges brought against him after he lost his seat as a Member of Parliament for Assin North for allegedly failing to renounce his dual citizenship status before filing to contest the 2022 parliamentary elections.
“As a matter of urgency, I am appealing to the President of the Republic, Attorney General if he has any role to play, that trial should be aborted. The Attorney General should as a matter of urgency file a nolle prosequi to end that particular decision,” he appealed.
According to him, Mr Quayson’s prosecution will add nothing to Ghana’s unity or development.
“Honestly, I don’t see the benefits this prosecution will bring Ghanaians. If he is in court, he can’t fulfil his mandate so the president and the Attorney General should do something urgently to end this matter, so we move on as Ghanaians,” he added.
