Disgruntled journalist secures injunction against swearing-in of new GJA executives
A disgruntled member of the Ghana Journalist Association has filed an injunction seeking to stop the newly elected GJA president Albert Dwumfuor from being sworn in.
In the said suit, Justice Lee Adoboe argues that the bribery allegations levelled against Mr Dwumfuor should have been probed before the elections were held.
The injunction was duly served to the officials of the GJA on Wednesday, a day before the swearing-in of the newly elected executives.
Justice Lee Adoboe in an interview with Citi FM said he is praying the court to declare the election of Albert Dwumfuor as GJA President null and void.
“We are going to lay our facts bare before the court – the reasons we want the elections to be annulled. The swearing-in has been injuncted by the High court and investigations are being conducted into the allegations for the public to be made aware of the findings, and then we move forward from there.”
On Friday, June 24, 2022, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour was elected the new GJA president.
The media consultant and Head of Corporate Affairs at the Tobinco Group of Companies shrugged off competition from the Editor of the Ghanaian Times and former General Secretary of the GJA, Dave Agbenu and a Communications Consultant, Gayhart Mensah.
While Albert Dwumfuor polled 233 votes, Gayheart Mensah got 181 votes and Dave Agbenu had 142 votes.
Over 800 members of GJA voted to elect the new national and regional executives last week.
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