Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, April 8, 2020//- The Cape Coast High Court today dismissed an application by Henry Tachie, Group Managing Director of Barony Construction Ltd and Tacoa Construction Ltd seeking to commit Professor Joseph GharteyAmpiah, Vice Chance of University of Cape Coast (UCC); Philip Ntim Owusu, Director of Physical Development and Estate Management of UCC; and Solomon Faakye, Head of Legal of UCC for contempt of court.
The court presided over by Lordship Justice Emmanuel Lodoh also awarded cost of GHC15,000.00 against the applicant Mr Tachie.
The Judge acquitted and discharged the respondents of the contempt charge for lack of evidence.
Mr Tachie’s filed the application through his lawyer, Charles William Zwennes, Esq of Gaisie Zwennes Hughes & Co for the contempt before the court, alleging that the three officers of UCC had seized property whilst a matter concerning the property was pending before the court.
Background
The two companies were awarded four separate contracts by the UCC with a total contract sum of about GHC40 million in 2014 and 2015. It was subsequently discovered that the companies through Group Managing Director Henry Tachie, presented fake bank guarantees to secure the contracts.
Consequently, the UCC Council rescinded the contracts and brought action against the two companies for recovery of advance payment and fraudulent misrepresentation.
A compliant of fraud was later lodged at the Cape Coast Regional Police Command against Mr Tachie.
In November 2019, he caused to be published in the Chronicle newspaper and other media, series of articles including: “UCC Runs Amok-Ignores Abitration Process and Breaks into Controversial School of Business Building”; “UCC Vice Chancellor has disobeyed court order-contractors”; “UCC VC dodges bailiff for contempt suits”.
Therefore, Mr Tachie initiated the contempt application which has been dismissed.
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