Private Legal practitioner and human right advocate Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has exposed fellow Lawyer Nkrabeah Effah Dartey over the falsehood he peddled against him with regard to Afia Schwarzenneger's contempt case pending at the law court.
According to the Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, he missed his flight from Tamale and couldn't go to court on the stipulated time and even at all they hadn't find Afia Schwarzenneger earlier on to serve her to appear before court and as such Nkrabeah Dartey being a failure in the military should stop the propaganda and face him in court.
To Lawyer Ampaw, Lawyer Nkrabeah Effah Dartey can never win the case against him in court and the matter shall be revisited to ensure Schwarzenneger, the recalcitrant attract the necessary punishment
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This is what Lawyer Effah Nkrabeah Dartey said with regard to what he claimed is a victory despite Lawyer Ampaw debunking such claim.
Capt. Rtd Nkrabeah Effah Dartey, who represented Afia told Accra-based UTV that the plaintiff didn’t show up in court and so the court decided to throw out the case.
“Chairman Wontumi dragged Afia Schwarzenegger to court over a defamation case. In that case, Afia was fined for contempt and made to sign a bond of good behaviour. One morning I bought some newspapers and I saw an article in Chronicle and Daily Guide that on May 17, Afia would be arraigned before the Tema High Court. I didn’t understand because nobody served us papers. The court’s registrar said they weren’t given papers to bring to us so what happened,” he said.
“I told Afia Schwarzenegger that we weren’t served papers, but if we don’t go to court, only God knows what might happen. So, we went to court, and they called out the case; Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa (Afia Schwarzenegger Vs. The Republic. Then I told the court that there is nobody present for the hearing.
Chairman Wontumi, who happens to be the complainant, is missing in court. His lawyer, Maurice Ampaw, is also missing in court. Also, we weren’t served any papers. So, I prayed the court to dismiss the case. I told the court that I am a lawyer with 37 years of practice. I asked to be given GHC10,000 but the court said they’ll give me GHC2,000 and also throw out the case,” he added
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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has vowed to drag the matter again to show who wins and issued a strong warning to Effah Dartey to be very careful for such fake news he is spreading