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Bawku MP case adjourned

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An Accra High Court has adjourned to June 12, the hearing of the case involving the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Adamu Dramani-Sakande. A cattle farmer, Sumaila Biebel is challenging the nationality of the Bawku Central MP. When the case was called Wednesday morning, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie indicated the jury’s desire to open up the case to witnesses. Lawyers for the defendant then pleaded for adjournment to enable them prepare witnesses for the next hearing. The court had earlier overturned the MP's argument that electoral disputes ended at the Court of Appeal and for that reason, the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision adding that the suit is an electoral one. Mr. Biebel had in March 2009, filed a suit at the High Court challenging the eligibility of the MP on the grounds that the MP held both British and Burkinabe passports. The High Court, in a default judgment on July 15, 2009, ordered the MP to vacate his seat. Dissatisfied with the High Court's decision, the MP appealed, resulting in the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision that Mr. Biebel should have gone by an electoral petition, since the matter bordered on electoral dispute.

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