Jomoro court case: Our caucus remains intact and Jomoro people’s verdict protected — Ablakwa

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu constituency has expressed joy over the verdict given by the Sekondi High Court in a case that challenged the Jomoro MP, Dorcas Affo-Toffey's citizenship status and her eligibility to contest for a parliamentary position.

He congratulated the acquitted MP, adding that the votes of the people of Jomoro in the 2020 general elections have been protected.

He again expressed joy over the fact that the number of NDC MPs in Parliament is intact.

“Congratulations to Jomoro MP the NDC’s Hon. Dorcas Toffey for her victory in the NPP’s election petition against her as determined in a Takoradi High Court this morning.

“The overwhelming verdict of the Jomoro people has been protected & the NDC Caucus in Parliament remains intact,” he wrote in a tweet on Monday, November 21.

Finally, after about 20 months of court hearings, a case challenging the citizenship of the NDC Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey has been settled.

A constituent, Joshua Emuah Kofie filed a case at the Sekondi-Takoradi High Court praying for annulment of the election results of MP on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to the complainant, the legislator holds multiple nationalities, including American and Ivorian citizenship, which the 1992 Constitution forbids, especially when such an individual seeks a key position in the country.

The case was dismissed on Monday, November 21, by the Sekondi High Court, presided over by Justice Dr. Richmond Osei Hwere, on the grounds that the MP was eligible to contest because she lost her Ivorian citizenship at the same time she acquired her Ghanaian citizenship.

When asked about her American citizenship, the MP denied having it.