The gentleman removing the writ from the court
Ecobank staff removed the summons pasted at the Head Office
The gentleman asked the Judiciary staff to leave so that he can remove the summons
He was captured in a viral video
A staff of Ecobank Ghana, has removed a writ of summons from the Supreme Court after it was pasted at the bank’s Head Office in Accra.
In a viral video intercepted by GhanaWeb and subsequent report sighted on Peacefmonline, on Thursday, November 25, 2021, an Accra High Court (Commercial Division) issued a writ of fieri facias (fi fa) to the bank based on the orders of the Supreme Court on June 1, 2021, that an amount of GHC96,304,972.41 “Which has been admitted in the affidavit of the Head of Legal Department of [Ecobank Ghana]” should be reflected in the entry of judgment.
The writ is to enable payment to Daniel Ofori, an investor, who had successfully sued Ecobank Ghana to be paid the amount of GHC96,304,972.41 from the sale of properties of the bank as attached, including the bank’s Head Office building.
The bank subsequently filed a stay of execution but the Supreme Court ordered it [stay of execution] to be “struck out as withdrawn. Execution could only be levied on the admitted sum of GHC96,304,972.41 by {Daniel Ofori]”
A Bailiff from the High Court, accompanied by personnel of the Ghana Police Service and other Judicial Service personnel thereby proceeded to serve the Legal Department of Ecobank Ghana with the process after which they attached the building at both entrances.
In the viral video, after the Bailiff had pasted the writ of fieri facias (fi-fa) on the Head Office building, a staff of Ecobank Ghana removed the writ.
“You just do it and let me take it off…you have done what you are supposed to do, go and let me do my work…,” the gentlemen by the name George was heard in the video telling the Judiciary Service staff.
Background
The Supreme Court, on the 25th July 2018, gave judgment in favour of one Daniel Ofori in the case, reversing earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and the High Court.
The Supreme Court, on 17th June 2020, reaffirmed its decision with a clarification in respect of the calculation of interest on the amounts payable to Daniel Ofori.
An application by Ecobank Ghana for review of the 17th June 2020 decision of the Supreme Court was unanimously dismissed on 24th March 2021, with the Supreme Court again clarifying how the interest on the invested capital was to be calculated.
The Supreme Court was presided over by Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah, with Justices Dotse, Baffoe-Bonnie, Appau and Pwamang also on the panel.
Watch the video below: