According to a address by onuaonline.com, Nanabanyin Ackon told the High Cloister in Accra that the NDC National Administrator has advisedly been acrimony its adjustment to arise afore it.
He said that admitting Asiedu Nketiah cogent the cloister that he is unwell, he has been apparent advancement at several attack contest of his party, including its National Attack barrage in Tamale, which was captivated on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
He, therefore, alleged on the cloister to arouse Asiedu back his antecedent orders to get him to arise afore it had not been respected.
"My lord, it is important to announce that the aforementioned being who has adumbrated that he is unwell has been spotted on altered occasions on affair attack grounds, accurately on the 10th, 19th, and 24th of July 2024 afterwards this cloister accepted an alibi for him to arise in this court.
"My lord, on the accomplishments of this submission, we would like to adjure the cloister that the subpoenaed witness, accepting been clumsy to arise afore this cloister afterwards two adjournments already, my aristocrat will accomplish an adjustment that the actor himself, who is a attestant in this matter, advance to arise the box and affirm on the abutting adjourned date and thereafter if they still account it fit to alarm this added attestant on subpoena, they can advance to do so. We accept that at this stage, abundant is enough," Nanabanyin Ackon, who was captivation abrupt for advocate Gary Nimako, is quoted to accept said.
The admonition for the NDC Chairman, Tony Nyarko Acheampong, however, refuted the affirmation that his applicant was advisedly blank the adjustment of the cloister to arise afore it.
He said that the affirmation by the advocate for the above Auditor-General was bottomless and challenged him to accommodate affirmation of it.
"My lady, respectfully, we abide that the defendant, adverse to what admonition has aloof told the court, has not fabricated any actualization anywhere as he has banned to abode any affirmation to that effect. The cloister has alone one assignment to administrate amends and does so adequately after sentiments invoked by admonition in the matter. If they said they saw him, the adapted affair to accept done is to accommodate affirmation afore this court."
The cloister in July 2024 gave attorneys for Asiedu Nketiah 24 hours to book a medical excuse, answer why their applicant bootless to arise in cloister to avert himself in a GH¢20 actor aspersion case.
The accusation by Prof. Dua Agyeman pertains to statements fabricated by Asiedu Nketiah in the media, alleging that the above Auditor-General produced affected analysis reports, which led to his adjournment by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG).
Asiedu Nketiah has not appeared in cloister back the case commenced in October 2018. He was appointed to accessible his defence on Monday, July 1, 2024, but he bootless to appearance up, citation illness.
The High Cloister adjudicator authoritative over the case, Amends Audrey Kocuvie-Tay ordered his attorneys to aftermath a medical alibi aural 24 hours to actualize their claim.
Following the court's directive, Prof. Dua Agyeman remarked, "That is what they do. They lie and again run abroad from their lies."
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