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Court ‘stops’ swearing in of Assin North MP-elect

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The Cape Coast High Court has placed an interlocutory injunction on the swearing -in of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson.

In a ruling Wednesday, [January 6, 2020], the court has also placed an injunction on Mr Quayson for holding himself as the MP-elect for Assin North in the Central Region.

The injunction will be in place until the final determination of a suit challenging his election on the basis that he was a citizen of Canada when he filed his nomination to contest as MP.

Mr Quayson defeated the New Patriotic Party (NPP), MP for the area, Abena Durowaa Mensah who was seeking re-election in the December 7, 2020 Parliamentary election.

Read also: NPP to challenge 7 parliamentary seats in court

more to follow…

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