The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has explained the reason behind his members failure to appear before a Circuit Court in Accra to respond to charges pressed against them by the Police.
At a press conference on the floor of the House, the Minority Leader said that neither himself nor any of his members have been served with court summons.
He added that he has heard of a social media invitations by the Ghana Police service and as the law states, there should be a personal summons before he could proceed to court to respond to whatever being charged with.
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and his 19 other colleague MPs who were expected to appear before an Accra Circuit Court over their protest march to the Electoral Commission head office on Monday failed to appear in court.
The police prosecutor indicated his readiness to proceed with the case when it was called but the failure of none of the accused persons or their lawyers present forced the presiding judge to adjourn the case without a new set date.
The NDC MPs were charged by the Circuit Court after they walked from Parliament to the EC Head Office on December 22 to present a petition to the EC over the collation of the presidential results.
The statement of offence said the NDC MPs unlawfully assembled and conducted themselves “in a manner likely to cause persons in the Neighbourhood reasonable fear where a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned.”
The MPs charged are Haruna Iddrisu, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Samuel George, John Abdulai Jinapor, Rockson Defiamekpor, Ras Mubarak, Mutawakilu Adam, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, A.B. Fuseini, Kwabena Minta Akando, Yusif Issaka Jaja, Isaac Adongo, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, James Klutse Avedzi, James Agalga, Collins Dauda, Abdul Rashi Pelpuo, Richard Quashigah and Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings.
But Haruna Iddrissu at the news conference insisted that the there was a form of confusion in the minds of the police arguing that the likes of Dr Zanetor Rawlings, Hon. Isaac Adongo and others whose names are being mentioned in the said police report were not present at the event.
