The
High court in Ho has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Kwaku
Agyemang-Mensah for failing to appear before the court on five
occasions.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah is wanted in court to answer a
contempt motion filed against him in connection with properties
destroyed in the execution of the Ada Sea Defence Project. Failure to
appear The court
presided over by Mr Justice Patrick Baayeh, said the
minister had failed to appear before the court to answer the charge of
contempt leveled against him and accordingly instructed the Inspector
General of Police (IGP) to apprehend him to appear at the court on April
15, 2016. He is to appear before the court with the director of the
ministry, Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu and director of hydrological services, Mr
Owusu Ansah.
The case The plaintiffs in the case are
Zikpuitor Fenu Benjamin Atsu and Marshall Koblah Fenu who contend that
the defendants, being the supervisors of the project being undertaken by
Dredging International Company from Netherlands, had failed to take
action to safeguard their land, property and amenities as well as
causing environmental destruction and degradation. |
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