Former Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah Yeboah has criticised the National Investigations Bureau for attempting to arrest the Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Kumi despite the Supreme Court’s injunction on the Koforidua High Court’s order.
His response follows Interior Minister Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka’s clarification that the attempted arrest of the Akwatia Member of Parliament, on March 7, 2025, was indeed to enforce a bench warrant issued by the Koforidua High Court for contempt.
Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Akwatia in the Eastern Region reportedly resisted the arrest attempt by operatives of the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
In an exclusive interview on Channel One Newsroom on Wednesday, March 19, Tuah Yeboah emphasised that the NIB breached the law in their actions.
He questioned the authority upon which the NIB acted while emphasising that the Supreme Court’s directive cancelled out the verdict by the High Court.
“I am surprised that after the Supreme Court had stayed the hands of the High Court in Koforidua, a state institution may want to take it upon itself to go and execute a frozen order.
“If the Supreme Court said the High Court could not go ahead to deal with the matter until the matter in the Supreme Court is disposed of, then by what authority did those people go to Akwatia to effect the arrest,” he questioned.
Background
The High Court in Koforidua, Eastern Region, on February 19, convicted the Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, for contempt of court.
The ruling followed his defiance of an interim injunction barring him from being sworn in as a legislator.
Presiding Judge, Justice Senyo Amedahe, also issued a bench warrant for Kumi’s arrest after he failed to appear before the court for sentencing.
The court had earlier restrained the MP from presenting himself for swearing-in, pending the resolution of a legal dispute. However, despite this directive, Kumi proceeded to take the oath of office in Parliament.
Citing overwhelming evidence of willful defiance, the court ruled that the lawmaker had acted in contempt.
