Justice Keren Acheampong, an assistant to the legal team of Assin Central MP Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has descended on private legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw.
Lawyer Ampaw recently made a call on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to disqualify the Assin Central MP from contesting in the party's upcoming flagbearer contest.
According to Maurice Ampaw, the outspoken MP must be disqualified for his pronouncements and actions against some state institutions, including the judiciary.
But speaking in an interview on Oman Channel, Keren Acheampong cautioned Maurice Ampaw to desist from his constant attacks on the MP in pursuit of projecting his favoured candidate in the upcoming contest.
According to Keren Acheampong, the actions of Maurice Ampaw are being influenced by his association with the NPP's Ashanti Regional Chairman, who is pushing the agenda of another flagbearer hopeful.
"Lawyer Maurice Ampaw should ask his Chairman Wontumi when he came into the NPP. When did they come into politics? Now Maurice Ampaw thinks he can attack Kennedy Agyapong because of his interest."
"I don't know what he has to show for his law practice. The only thing he has show is his pursuit of frivolous cases such as Chairman Wontumi and Afia Schwarzenegger. Senior lawyers in this country have to their credit big cases they have dealt with. They don't sit in the media space to talk and brag but this man is always all over the place trying to bring Kennedy Agyapong's name into disrepute. Where was he when Kennedy Agyapong was fighting to help the NPP come to power?" He questioned.
Accusing Maurice Ampaw of engaging in dirty politics, Mr. Acheampong urged the public to ignore his attacks against Kennedy Agyapong while warning that their camp would not tolerate any such attacks on the MP.
In his call to the NPP leadership to disqualify Kennedy Agyapong, Maurice Ampaw said the Assin Central MP, based on his actions, is not fit to be a flagbearer of the NPP.