Private legal practitioner Maxwell Opoku Agyeman will regret leading staff of the Electoral Commission to petition the president for the removal of their chair Mrs Charlotte Osei, fellow legal practitioner Joe Debrah has said.
According to him, Mr Agyeman has a long-standing relationship with Mrs Osei, a relationship that started in 1989 during their studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, therefore, leading the petitioners to remove her was disappointing.
Mrs Osei has been accused by her staff of fraud and financial malfeasance. They have petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo for her removal.
Mr Debrah told Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Tuesday, July 25 that: “Maxwell Opoku Agyeman, Charlotte Osei and I are a family, we have about 30 years of relationship.
“We all met at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana in 1989 and formed a study group. We formed the study group right from the first year with a few other guys such as Yoni Kulendi. We also formed part of the Class of 94 and so apart from being schoolmates, we were study mates.
“We eat together, we chat and we do almost everything together and we have been doing that right from 1989 through the faculty days to the law school. Fortunately, Charlotte and Maxwell also went to the same school in Canada at the same time, and, so, I became disappointed when I heard that Maxwell was the one leading the impeachment against Charlotte.
“I am disappointed but of course he, just as everybody, has the right to make his own choices in life. But everybody among this fraternity is first of all disappointed that he chose to take up this case. The signal that it sends out is that he cannot be trusted by friends. It means after 30 years of being a brother, he can lead a course for my license to be revoked and that is dangerous.
“He could have asked a different lawyer to handle this matter because of the relationship he has with Charlotte Osei,” Mr Debrah said.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Charlotte, fear not God is on your side. We NPP will never dream of removing you wae. Not even Kennedy Agyepong's us.el.ess outburst
THE STATEMENT OF LAWYER JOE DEBRAY CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS BEGGING THE QUESTION. INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUES AT STAKE HE IS ONLY APPEALING TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED AMONG THE EC BOSS, OPOKU AGYEMANG, HIMSELF AND OTHER, THIS MAKE JOE DEBRAH A DISTASTEFUL SOUL. IT DOES NOT SHOW HIM AS A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND SO HE WISH ALL HIS FRIENDS SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE HIM. HE HAS BY HIS STATEMENT ALREADY CONDEMNED HIS CLIENT TO ADMIT GUILT
If they are mates then Lawyer maxwell I salute you. We need people who do professional work irrespective of their relationship. I am also dissapointed in Joe Debrah, you are a type of layers who conceal criminals. Look you always wants to travel to white mans land do you think this your attitude could have let them reached such heights Joe. Rethink
Kwasiakwaaa, what has issues of integrity on the part of the EC boss has to do with study groups. When you take up a state position you have to bear in mind that your actions and ethics are at stake
Is this clown a village lawyer or what? What has friendship and the fact that you all ate together in law school got to do with anything?The people who lynched Major Mahama at Denkyira Oboase have lawyers defending them don't they?This statement smacks of the same crass incompetence that characterise everything we do as Ghanaians.
Lawyer Joe Debra Ghana FIRST. There is no friendship in the ARMY 'GHANA' FIRST
Learned Counsel Joe. Hmmm I see this second statement as an attempt to repair your earlier statement when you had not learned enough of the matters related to the EC. There is a reason we are called learned and I hope you do remember. You had earlier on indicated that the petition will not fly now after certain matters have been put in the open by Charlotte herself, I know you now see the merits in the petition hence your second statement. You failed to accord Maxwell one of the hallowed principles of Natural Justice ie "Audi Auterem Partem" to wit you must listen to both sides and now you seek an avenue based on sheer friendship and being classmates.That is certainly unbecoming ... There is no rule of law barring Maxwell from taking up this case and so please leave Maxwell alone to do the work he swore to do without fear or favor some twenty three years ago. We are watching. Thanks
I totally agree with Joe, lawyer Maxwell should have refrred the case to a different lawyer. This means that he is a dangerious friend and they should be very careful dealing with him.
THIS IS SAME NEPOTISM , FAVORITISM AND SELF INTEREST . YOU PEOPLE CANT BE NEUTRAL FOR ONCE. CLASSMATE SO WHAT
God, if this Lawyer Joe whatever can talk like this then the future of Ghanaian is in a bad state. He should be arrested, how can you say that. I think Nana should take a drastic decision and heal the country. People wouldn't like to assist the country to better its course. Afterall what will Nana lose, At 72/73 years? Arrest these so called unreasonable politicians and citizens who stealing our God damn money. You won't loose anything..