Alleged $5m bribe: Akwasi Afrifa to meet GLC Feb. 16
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) is set to meet Akwasi Afrifa, the lawyer who alleged a $5 million bribe involving the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah on February 16, 2022.
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The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) is set to meet Akwasi Afrifa, the lawyer who alleged a $5 million bribe involving the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah on February 16, 2022.
This comes after the Supreme Court dismissed an application by the lawyer, seeking to quash a High Court decision not to stop disciplinary proceedings against him by the GLC.
On December 21, 2021, the High Court threw out an application filed by the lawyer, where he was seeking an order to quash a July 15, 2021 hearing by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council.
He also sought an order compelling the GLC to perform its statutory duty in line with mandatory rules prescribed in L.I. 2424 and an injunction restraining the GLC, its agents, representatives etc. from continuing the patent illegality against him.
However in its ruling, the court found and duly noted that the applicant, Akwasi Afrifa had failed to establish that the GLC breached the rules of natural justice, infringed administrative propriety, lacked procedural propriety or went contrary to the Wednesbury principle thus disallowed the applicant’s reliefs and awarded cost of GHC 5,000.00 in favour of the General Legal Council (GLC).
Background
In July 2021, the Kumasi based lawyer, Akwasi Afrifa accused the Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah of demanding a $5 million bribe from his clients, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta IV.
Subsequently, he was invited for interrogation by the CID upon a request made by the Chief Justice per a letter signed by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Pamela Addo.
The GLC found a prima facie case against him and subsequently charged him with nine counts of professional misconduct.
In response to an invitation by the General Legal Council, Akwasi Afrifa alleged that his former clients informed him that the Chief Justice had demanded the said amount for a successful outcome of his case titled: OGYEEDOM OBRANU KWESI ATTA IV V. GHANA TELECOMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND LANDS COMMISSION.
