New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Effia, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of abusing judicial processes by allowing social commentator Kevin Taylor to enter Ghana and appear before the Supreme Court despite an active bench warrant for his arrest.

Speaking to JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent Kwaku Asante on Tuesday, Mr Nyarko expressed shock that Mr Taylor was not apprehended upon arrival in Ghana, nor when he entered the premises of the Supreme Court to file an application and have his case heard.

“So that clearly shows you the abuse of power, the abuse of our judicial processes, the lack of respect for the laws of this country,” he said.

“How on earth would an individual with such a warrant of the court pending on him be able to come to the jurisdiction, not get arrested, is able to file an application before the Supreme Court, enter the premises of the Supreme Court, not get arrested, and the matter be even heard by the Supreme Court.”

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Mr Taylor made critical remarks about a Court of Appeal judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, in 2020, while presiding over a criminal trial against an erstwhile NDC government official.

When the matter came to the attention of Justice Baffour, he stated that the remarks were contemptuous of the court and issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Kevin Taylor. Mr Taylor, at the time, was not in the country; for which reason, he was never arrested.

On the back of this, the Effia legislature described as “scandalous" the accusations Mr Taylor made against the judiciary, including the judge involved in the matter.

He criticised what he says is a selective enforcement of the law under President John Dramani Mahama's administration.

“It appears as if the country does not respect its own laws. People can sit anywhere and make accusations against government institutions, and then, when there's a change of government like this, it means the law applies in one government, and then, with a change of government, the law changes its colour,” he said.

Mr Nyarko called the situation unfortunate and urged the current administration to uphold the rule of law irrespective of political transitions.