The Accra High Court is expected to hear the case of sexual harassment filed by a former National Service Scheme (NSS) person Deborah Seyram Adablah.
The plaintiff, Ms Adablah became popular after details of the suit against the Director of Finance of First Atlantic Bank, Ernest Kwasi Nimako, emerged on social media.
Per the suit, the two appear to have been in a romantic relationship, but things turned sour when the defendant Mr Nimako breached an agreement to take care of her.
Ms Deborah contends that her ‘sugar daddy’ agreed to buy her a car, pay for her accommodation for three years and give her a monthly stipend of GH¢3,000.
The Director of Finance also promised to marry her after divorcing his wife and give her a lump sum to start a business.
It is her case that the ‘sugar daddy’ bought the car but registered it in his name.
Later, he denied her access to use it after about a year of enjoying the Honda Civic worth GH¢120,000, while he also paid for only one year of accommodation.
She further states that she had turned down an opportunity to be a permanent staff after her national service due to the manager’s promise of making life comfortable for her.
But all the promises and assurances failed to see the light of day.
It is on these grounds that the plaintiff has filed the suit.
As part of the reliefs, the plaintiff is seeking an order from the court directed at the defendant to fulfill all promises, including the payment of the remaining two-year rent, as well as changing the title of the car into her name.
First Atlantic Bank, the second defendant, is also a party to the suit.
The bank has been accused of allowing senior officers to enter relationships with unwilling subordinates while using females as baits to win customers for the company.
But the bank has requested that its name be withdrawn from the lawsuit filed by the former NSS worker.
In an application dated January 24, First Atlantic Bank requested that seven paragraphs of the writ be dismissed “on the ground that they disclose no reasonable cause of action against the applicant”.
The said paragraphs accuse the bank of watching while female workers are being harassed sexually by senior male officers of the bank.
