Court Throws Out CID’s Suit to Peep in Sammy Gyamfi’s Phone & Computer

An Accra High Court has thrown out an ex-parte application by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to search Facebook and mobile telephone records of Sammy Gyamfi, Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The ex-parte application was seeking the court’s order for the search of Mr Gyamfi’s mobile phones and disclosure of Facebook records for what the CID says he was using to spread false information aimed at causing fear and panic.
The High Court judge presiding over the case flung the application in the face of the CID, describing it as “frivolous”.
ASP John Aduko who swore an affidavit on behalf of the Inspector General of Police in support of the application stated, among other things that the “police had commenced investigations into a case of publication of false news with the intention to cause fear and alarm to the public contrary to section 158 of the criminal and other offences act”.
The affidavit also said the NDC communications officer had forged judicial and official documents with the aim of spreading false information. Bu the judge found the application weak.

In December 2019, the CID “invited” Sammy Gyamfi following alleged prompting by unnamed individuals at the Presidency (Jubilee House). A report was made by the faceless Jubilee House complainants that the NDC official had forged documents for false publication.

Consequently, the NDC communicator filed a lawsuit at the Accra High Court, demanding an injunction on an earlier court warrant by the Kaneshi District Court for the seizure of his electronic gadgets.

Earlier this week, HE was reportedly picked up at the Abeka Headquarters of the popular TV station- UTV by some police officers after appearing on the TV channel’s morning show.