The Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi has filed a case at the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a contempt conviction issued by the Koforidua High Court on February 19, 2025.
The embattled MP has through his lawyers filed a certiorari and prohibition application, arguing that the Koforidua High Court exceeded its jurisdiction in the matter.
Represented by his counsel, Gary Nimako Marfo, the MP contends that Justice Emmanuel Senyo Amadehe committed a "jurisdictional error of law apparent on the face of the record" by assuming authority over the parliamentary election petition for the Akwatia Constituency at a time when the Electoral Commission had yet to publish the Gazette Notification of the election results.
Justice Senyo Amadehe convicted Kumi of contempt of court and issued a bench warrant for his arrest, citing his defiance of an interim injunction that barred him from being sworn in as a legislator.
