Deborah Seyram Adablah, the plaintiff who, among other things, accused a former bank chief financial officer of sexual harassment, has stated that she intends to file an appeal after the court dismissed her case on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.
In his ruling, Justice John Bosco Nabarese of the Accra High Court recognized the ethical difficulties pertaining to Adablah’s relationship with the former CFO. But he claimed that Ms. Adablah’s lawsuit lacked a sufficient legal foundation.
The court made it clear that it would not support a relationship based on immoral behavior, stating, “You cannot recover the price of something you have committed into an immoral act.” The court also mandated that Ms. Adablah pay GH¢10,000.
The ex-CFO asked the court to dismiss Ms. Adablah’s case, and this ruling was made in response.
Following the court’s decision, Ms. Adablah declined to speak with the media but used her TikTok channel to express her resolve to continue the legal fight, saying, “My lawyer will apply for the ruling and apply the LAW accordingly – The case is NOT OVER!”
Adablah filed a lawsuit against Ernest Kwasi Nimako, the Chief Financial Officer of First Atlantic Bank, claiming that they had broken their promise to take care of her. The case was adjourned by Presiding Judge Olivia Obeng Owusu, who instructed the attorneys for both parties to file their submissions.
First Atlantic Bank’s attorneys, however, asked that the bank’s name be removed from the action brought by the former members of the national service. First Atlantic Bank asked for the writ’s seven paragraphs to be dismissed in an application dated January 24, claiming that the paragraphs “disclose no reasonable cause of action against the applicant.” The excluded paragraphs accused the bank of overlooking the sexual harassment of female workers by senior male officers.
Deborah Seyram Adablah was requesting a court order compelling Ernest Kwasi Nimako to return the car, which he had purchased for her, and transfer the title back into her name. But a year after she used the car, Mr. Nimako returned it and only paid for the first year of the three-year rental.
