An Accra High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Kwabena Twum Nuamah, Member of Parliament for Berekum East for failing to attend court in a contempt case against him and one other person.
The MP and the other person have been cited for contempt of court for allegedly using land-guards in their unlawful development of a piece of land at Dome Pillar 2 which is a subject matter of a pending court case, namely Suit No LD/0332/2016, titled Jibril Mahama versus Akwasi Mensah. A ruling of the High Court in the case on 29th June 2016 is also before the court of Appeal.
The High Court on the said date of 19/09/17 further ordered that the MP, Dr Kwabena Twum Nuamah and Majima Shaibu Mohammed when arrested, should be arraigned before the court on Wednesday, 27th Day of September 2017 to show cause why they should not be committed to prison for contempt of court.
Source:Ghana/AccraFM.com
