Court adjourns injunction suit against Kofi Adams indefinitely

A Hohoe High Court has adjourned a case before it seeking to place an injunction on the swearing-in of Kofi Adams as Buem MP-elect.

The decision by the Court to adjourn the case, was as a result of failure on the part of applicants to serve Mr, Adams, the first Respondent, with his writ.

Lawyer for the petitioners, Frank Davies, explained that the case had been adjourned indefinitely because " the Court directed that service should be effected on Kofi Adams, personally”. They said, they will back in court after Mr Adams his served his writ.

“The applicants were unable to serve him, so the proceedings for today have been stultified. We will attempt to serve him and come back,” he said.

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Earlier, the National Campaign Manager of the NPP for the 2020 election, Peter Mac Manu had revealed that with some few hours for the case to be called, the MP-elect for Buem is yet to be served since he has not been located.

Some 13 people in the Oti Region have filed a suit challenging the election of Kofi Adams as Member of Parliament for the Buem constituency.

The petitioners in their suit argue that they were disenfranchised when parliamentary elections were not held in 13 electoral areas of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe  (SALL) where they were expected to cast their ballot.

The petitioners are therefore seeking an “order of perpetual injunction restraining Kofi Adams from holding himself out as Member of Parliament-elect for the constituency and or presenting himself to be sworn in as such.”

They are also seeking a cancellation of the elections held in the constituency and the conduct of a new one which will include the 13 electoral areas.