With two applications, the Assin North MP prevents an injunction hearing

Lawyers for Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, on Wednesday successfully blocked the hearing of a case to determine if he can continue performing Parliamentary duties.

On March 8, the Supreme Court ordered the legislator to file his defence in the case after it had ruled that the MP has been sufficiently given notice of the case.

Before that, the Apex Court had on February 22, directed that court processes be brought to the attention of the MP through a publication in the Daily Graphic newspaper and posting on the wall of the Supreme Court in Accra, the High Court in Cape Coast and the residence of the legislator.

This was after the private citizen who filed the case against the MP, Michael Ankomah Nimfah, through his lawyers told the Court that all attempts to give the MP court documents have proved unsuccessful.

A Cape Coast High Court in July, 2021 annulled the Assin North Parliamentary elections when it ruled that Mr Quayson owed allegiance to another country other than Ghana when filing his nomination forms to contest the polls.