[ 2017-02-28 ]

Togbe Afede XIV

Togbe Afede XIV sues Ghana Army for ‘breach of privacy’
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta
Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army
over the construction of a military building near
his private residence.

He said the construction of the 6-storey building
has resulted in the destruction of his security
lights and forced the abandonment of his private
car park due to fallen debris from the structure.

The suit sighted by citifmonline.com was filed at
the Human rights division of the Accra High Court
on Tuesday, 28th February 2017.

It has the Chief of Defence Staff, the Minister
for Defence, the Attorney General, and Yao Addo
Developments Limited as defendants.

According to the suit, the structure, which looks
like a commercial property with towers and wings
overlooking Mr. Afede’s private property in
Accra, started around September 2016.

The suit said Mr Afede, who is also the President
of the National House of Chiefs, feared that if
the structure is allowed to be completed in its
current form without any modification, his rights
to privacy of his home will be compromised.

“… I am again advised by Counsel and I verily
believe same to be true that privacy is a
foundation bedrock of right on which other human
rights are built, and that if the Respondents are
not restrained, the Applicant’s [Togbe
Afede’s] rights would be greatly violated.”

“.. I am further advised by Counsel and I verily
believe same to be true that the wing that
overlooks Applicant’s home also violates Article
12 of the United Nations Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) 1948, which provides that “no one
shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with
his privacy, family, home or correspondence nor to
attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone
has the right to the protection of the law against
such interference or attacks.”

He said the “unlawful and arbitrary
interference” with his privacy has caused him
considerable damage which includes the loss of
human dignity and sense of security, a threat to
his life, emotional and psychological trauma,
destruction of security lights and abandonment of
his private car park due to fallen debris from the
structure.

He is praying the court to declare the structure
as a violation of his right to privacy, and also
the removal of its wing overlooking his home or
alternatively, a screen on part of the structure
to guarantee his privacy.

He is also praying the court for an injunction to
halt any further construction on the wings of the
structure.

Source - citifmonline.com

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