Maurice Ampaw
An Accra-based lawyer, David Annan, has threatened to sue his popular learned colleague, Maurice Ampaw, if the latter does not fulfill his pledge to go on hunger strike.
Maurice Ampaw on Monday threatened to embark on a 10-day hunger strike to register his protest against the release of the ‘Montie 3’ who are serving a four-month jail term after they were convicted of contempt charges.
But, with some eight days left for Maurice Ampaw to complete his hunger strike, David Annan has called his bluff, saying he knows Maurice Ampaw loves food to an extent that he can never go on a hunger strike.
“Maurice Ampaw should make sure that he does his hunger strike in public for everyone to know and not do it in his room else if he dares to eat, we will take him to court.
“I know Maurice likes food a lot and so I doubt that he could even stand hunger just for a day. He should come out and do whatever he wants to do to protest Mahama’s decision in public and not in his room because we are closely monitoring him,” David Annan stated during an interview with Adom FM.
He continued that Maurice Ampaw should not only complete the hunger strike, but should do it in public for all to see.
In an interview with NEWS-ONE, Maurice Ampaw explained his exact reasons for the hunger strike, saying, “I won’t eat for 10 days and it started this morning. It is not easy but I have to do this to register my protest against the impunity that President John Mahama has exhibited.
“The action he has taken is wrong and has an indirect way of encouraging people to break the law. What the Supreme Court did was to deter people from misbehaving but the president seems to be against the attempt by the courts to make the laws of Ghana work.
“I do not believe Ghanaians should retain John Mahama, he does not deserve to be president, if this is the way he would be freeing persons who have offended the law. He is a one-sided president who cannot be a father for all,” an embittered Maurice Ampaw told NEWS-ONE.