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The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, who was sued together with other six persons by Dr. Nii Tetteh Kwei II, Dzaasetse and other kingmakers of the Ga Dsaase Paramount Stool for Contempt is to appear before Justice J. K. Dorgu, in High Court 12 Judge today, to show cause why he should not be convicted for flouting the orders of the court. Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo was sued for flouting an injunction application placed on the Homowo celebrations and his verbal diarrhea on radio resulting in his utterances against the newly installed Ga Mantse, Ga Dzaasetse, and the Ga Dzaase Council to the effect that the installation of the new Ga Mantse was an illegality. It could be recall that, the legitimate Dsasetse of the Ga Traditional Paramouncy Dr. Nii Tetteh Kwei and others filed an injunction on the celebrations, but the celebration was held by some people and chiefs who sprinkled the kpoikpoi during the Homowo. In view of that, Nii AyiBonte ,Adama Latse, Yaote Otoga, David Tackie Commey, Afotey Agbo, And Nii Bi Anyah alias fingers, Gbese Mantse Nii Ayi Bonte have all been cited for contempt as regards the celebration of the homowo. In the writ filed at the High Court, it was stated that the 2nd, 5th and 6th Respondent, Thomas Okine, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo and Nii Nabi Anyah respectively, at all material times acted as the mouthpiece of the 1st Respondent, (George Adama Tackie aka. Latse). According to a writ, the 6th Respondent was on radio on the 14th of August, 2015 on two morning shows on Rainbow Fm and Radio Gold saying that the pending process had no effect and went on to promise and indeed gave armed Police protection to the 1st Respondent throughout the conduct disrespecting the pending process and ensured that nobody went close to the 1st Respondent. �That the 6th and 7th Respondents are not parties to SUIT NO. BMISC 863/2015 but they aided and abetted the contempt committed by the other Respondents. �� that in spite of the pending of the injunction application the 2nd Respondent exhibited a total disregard of the law and a complete exhibition of disrespect for the courts by openly declaring that the event that application for injunction was seeking to restrain would go ahead as scheduled.� It however emerged that the defendants during the Homowo went ahead and sprinkled the traditional Kpoikpoi even though they were aware of the injunction, pretending as if they have not received any writ or injunction order from the High court. The Defendants, according to the writ filed for which Afotey Agbo is appearing to day in Court, have been holding themselves as Kingmakers. The Plaintiffs are praying the court to restrain the defendants from holding themselves as such and Adama Latse from holding himself as Ga Mantse. Applicants also stated that the conduct and behavior of the Respondents is an exhibition of gross, unimaginable and unmitigated disrespect for the process of the Honourable Court and without a doubt contemptuous of Court. In view of these, the applicants are praying the court to impose custodial sentences on the Respondents including Afotey Agbo as the only appropriate punishment for their contumelious behavior in addition to any other punishment that the Court will impose.