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YAW BROGYA GYAMFI V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

(2020) JELR 109752 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  J1/13/2018  •  5 May 2020  •  Ghana

Coram
YEBOAH, CJ (PRESIDING) BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC APPAU, JSC PWAMANG, JSC MARFUL-SAU, JSC AMEGATCHER, JSC

Judgement

JUDGMENT

MARFUL-SAU, JSC

This action was originally consolidated with two other suits namely Writ No. J1/14/2018 and JI/15/18, which were discontinued in the early stages of the proceedings. The Plaintiff  in this action, Yaw Brogya Gyamfi was left alone to pursue the writ he issued on the 26th of March 2018. On the 5th of May 2020, this Court by a unanimous decision dismissed the  Plaintiff claims against the Defendant and reserved its reasons which we hereby deliver.

On the 26th of March 2018 the Plaintiff in his capacity as a citizen of Ghana, by a writ invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pursuant to Articles 2 and 130 of  the 1992 Constitution, seeking against the Defendant the following reliefs: 

“a. A declaration that the ratification by Parliament of the supposed Agreement  between the Government of the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of the United  States of America on Defence Co-operation, the status of United States Forces and  Access to and use of Agreed F…

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