Deborah Seyram Adablah
Deborah Seyram Adablah, a former National Service personnel at First Atlantic Bank, has been sentenced to 45 days in prison for contempt of court following a bench warrant issued by the Accra High Court.
The court found Adablah guilty for defying a court order and making disparaging public comments about the presiding judge in her ongoing legal battle with former banking executive, Ernest Kwasi Nimako.
The case gained national attention after Adablah filed a civil suit against Nimako, alleging that he had failed to honour promises made during their intimate relationship. Her claims included demands for financial compensation and the ownership of a Honda Civic, which she asserted had been gifted to her during the relationship.
On May 16, 2023, the High Court ordered Adablah to surrender the said vehicle — with registration number GC 7899-23 — to the court registrar for safekeeping pending the resolution of the case. However, she reportedly failed to comply with the directive.
Matters worsened when Adablah allegedly posted two videos on social media, directly attacking the presiding judge, Justice John Bosco Nabarese.
In the videos, she accused him of bias, questioned the integrity of Ghana’s judiciary, and referred to the contempt proceedings against her as “dead on arrival.”
The court deemed her actions as not only a violation of its orders but also an affront to the authority and integrity of the judiciary, leading to her arrest and subsequent sentencing.