Godwin Ako Gunn, a deputy communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) today 15 February 2022, led a group of NDC faithful to obstruct a Supreme Court Bailiff who had come to the High Court to serve MP for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson, with processes of a case he is named in.
Gunn was one of three persons who were jailed by the Supreme Court on 27 July 2016, following threats made on live radio to kill some judges whose judgements they disagreed with.
The embattled Assin North MP appeared at the Criminal High Court to answer for five charges preferred against him by the state. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was granted bail in the sum of GHC100,000 with one surety to be justified. He was also ordered to submit his passport to the registrar of the court.
Obstruction of bailiff
Supreme Court bailiff, Anthony Agbenyedzi, pitched his tent at the entrance of the courtroom where James Gyakye Quayson’s bail was being executed.
It took about one hour and thirty minutes to complete the bail execution processes and all this while, the Supreme Court bailiff waited outside to serve the Assin North lawmaker.
However, just when the execution was over and Quayson who was in the company of his lawyers, Godwin Tamekloe, Abraham Amaliba, Sammy Gyamfi (who is also the National Communications Officer of the NDC) and other NDC Members of Parliament, was ready to leave the court premises, Gunn walked to the bailiff demanding to have a word with him.
Several other persons who were all with Gunn, joined him, to denial the Supreme Court bailiff, the space and liberty to walk to James Gyakye Quayson to serve him.
The bailiff asked him to excuse him because he had work to do. Ako Gunn, got upset saying, “I want to ask you (the bailiff) a question and you want to slap me”. The bailiff, Anthony Abbenyedzi then asked, “why are you attacking me”.
While the obstruction took place, James Gyakye Quayson’s lawyers and his colleague MPs quickly accompanied him downstairs where their drivers were on standby to get him out of the law court complex.
Source: asaaseradio