Gyakye Quayson trial: Attorney General should file nolle prosequi- Lawyer Jantuah

A private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah has asked the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame to file a motion of nolle prosequi and forget about the James Gyakye Quayson case.

The Supreme Court nullified Mr Quayson’s election as MP for Assin North for holding Canadian citizenship and being a Ghanaian when he filed his nomination to contest the election in 2020.

He now faces charges of perjury and deceiving a public officer in a criminal case

This notwithstanding, he was re-elected by the people of Assin North following a by-election conducted by the Electoral Commission on Tuesday, June 27.

Speaking on TV3’s New Day programme on Friday,Lawyer Kwame Jantuah said, should anything bad happen to Gyakye Quayson, the people of Assin North will not forgive the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He said the people already have the perception that the government is persecuting their MP, and should Gyakye Quayson be jailed, their perception would have been confirmed.

“I think the Attorney General should file a nolle prosequi in this case, he should discontinue this case. Do you think the people in the constituency will forgive the NPP if Gyakye Quayson is jailed?,” he queried.

He advised that “This constituency is nobody’s stronghold, so the NPP should go back to the ground and engage the voters.”

Mr.Kwame Jantuah said President Akufo-Addo made a mistake addressing the Gyakye Quayson case on a campaign platform in Assin North.

According to the legal practitioner, the President’s remarks contributed to the NPP’s loss in the by-election

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme