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I am severely disappointed in the honorable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah–Dr. Dominic Ayine Dr. Ayine and Mr. Oppong Nkrumah
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I am severely disappointed in the honorable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah–Dr. Dominic Ayine

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East and former Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has registered his displeasure on the posture of the Information Minister Designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Dr. Ayine who was speaking in an interview monitored by Apexnewsgh.com said, he is severely disappointed with Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. “I must say that I am severely disappointed in the honorable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. I am a senior lawyer to Kojo. Kojo should not take to always seeking to incite the court against me, as if I do not know what I am saying”, Dr. Ayine told Starrfm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com According to Dr. Ayine, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah has always sought to knock the Supreme Court head against him after engaging and responding to journalists in the ongoing election petition in which former President John Mahama, the petitioner, is challenging the results of the 2020 presidential polls. Speaking to the media after court proceedings on Tuesday, February 16, the Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah described Dr. Ayine’s response to media as ‘scandalous of the court’ “That is scandalous of the court. When you make a legal argument and it is upheld that one is good when you make an argument and it doesn’t meet the threshold then it means that they are wrong in law or that they had a predetermined agenda”. His response has not gone well to the Deputy Attorney General Dr. Ayine, who is currently severely disappointed in Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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“In my honest and candid opinion, Mahama withdraw the Election 2020 petition
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“In my honest and candid opinion, Mahama withdraw the Election 2020 petition

“In my honest and candid opinion, once the opportunity to reopen his case and to issue the subpoena has been denied him, his case in my honest opinion has suffered a fatal blow, and so there will be no point in continuing. He has to withdraw the case.” This was the opinion of a legal practitioner Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo who was speaking on Asaase Breakfast Show monitored by Apexnewsgh.com. His advice to former President Mahama came as a result of the court ruling against an application by lawyers of the petitioner to reopen their case and subpoena EC chairperson Jean Mensah for cross examination. Meanwhile, responding to the ruling, Mr. Addo stated that the closure of the case by the petitioner’s lawyers affected the progress of their case. “The petitioner should not have relied on one of the affidavits that was sworn that he would have the opportunity to cross examine EC chair. He should have insisted and asked for the subpoena to be issued before he closed his case, that seems to have been a fatal blow to his case because evidence can be obtained from cross-examination”. He stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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You’re my ‘small boy’ at the Bar; stop ‘inciting’ SC against me on my ‘predetermined agenda comment’ – Ayine warns Oppong Nkrumah
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You’re my ‘small boy’ at the Bar; stop ‘inciting’ SC against me on my ‘predetermined agenda comment’ – Ayine warns Oppong Nkrumah

Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has accused Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah of “always” seeking to “incite” the Supreme Court against him in his post-trial commentary to journalists in the ongoing election petition in which former President John Mahama, the petitioner, is challenging the results of the 2020 presidential polls. Dr Ayine’s complaint follows a chastisement of him by Mr Oppong Nkrumah after Tuesday’s hearing, in which the Ofoase Ayirebi MP of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) accused the Bolga East MP of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of “scandalising” the Supreme Court by suggesting that there was a “predetermined agenda” to rule against his client, Mr Mahama. After the court ruled against Mr Mahama’s application to reopen his case on Tuesday, Dr Ayine told journalists: “The Supreme Court asked itself a question, which we deem as a wrong question and answered that question. It said: why does the Chairperson need to account to the people of Ghana when she’s not a party to the suit”. “Now you’ll recall that counsel made it clear that one of the reasons we are in court is because of the unconstitutional conduct of Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa as the returning officer under the Constitution and it is not true that there is only one issue that needs to be determined in this matter”, the lawmaker said. He continued: “I am surprised that the Supreme Court itself, having set down five key issues to be determined, is now reducing the issues to one, which is whether and extent to which the evidence that we have led, shows that no one got more than 50 per cent of the votes in accordance with article 53 of the Constitution”. “But we have made it abundantly clear in the petition that there were a number of infractions”. “We are contesting even the constitutionality of the declaration that was made. We are saying that she violated article 23 of the Constitution because she’s an administrative body”. “We have also said her exercise of discretion was contrary to article 296 of the Constitution”. “These are all germane issues under the Constitution and laws of Ghana and to reduce the petition into a single-issue petition, is rather unfortunate and smacks of a predetermined agenda to rule against the petitioner in this matter”. Reacting to his comments, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said: “It is not fair to the judicial system, it’s not fair to our democracy, it’s not fair to the people of Ghana that when you lose an application because it is not grounded in law or because you’ve failed to meet the legal standard, then you come here and literally poison the minds of the public and make claims that they may be having a predetermined agenda. That’s scandalous of the court”. “When you make a legal argument and it is upheld, that one is good; when you make an argument and it doesn’t meet the threshold, then it means that they are wrong in law or that they have a predetermined agenda”. “The Supreme Court has not reduced the petition to a single issue. We tried our best to transcribe the ruling and we’re waiting for the written version of it. The court said that the major issue, it didn’t say there was a single issue before it…” Mr Ayine has, however, taken issue with his fellow lawyer and lawmaker’s counter-comments. “I must say that I am severely disappointed in the honorable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. I am a senior lawyer to Kojo. Kojo should not take to always seeking to incite the court against me, as if I do not know what I am saying”, he complained in an interview with Accra-based Starr FM. First of all, he pointed out, “as a former Deputy Attorney General and a senior person at the bar, I know what it means to scandalise the highest court of the land”, insisting: “I have had no intention whatsoever of scandalising the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana”. “If I came across as having said that the court is in cahoots with the respondents; that, I will apologise and withdraw”, he noted, explaining: “But the reason I said that is because that is what the respondent has been telling the media”. Dr Ayine continued: “Now, tell me: is the duty of the respondent to evaluate the evidence brought by the parties or it is the duty of the lawyers, spokespersons to say that your petition is empty even when they are commenting on the merit?” “Kojo Oppong Nkrumah should know that he has been violating the sub judice rule on a daily basis. He has always been preempting outcomes of the courts saying: ‘The petition is empty’, ‘it does not discharge the burden the proof and so on’. Does he know that is a violation of the sub judice rule and that he should be hauled before court for commenting on the merit of the petition?” Dr Ayine said he would not be surprised if the court admonishes him for his comments. “I will not be surprised and the court is entitled to take a position on it or express disappointment on it – even go as far as committing me for contempt”. “I won’t begrudge them”, he said, “but that honestly wasn’t meant to disparage the court or bring its reputation into disrepute”, he clarified. Classfmonline Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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You have done a great disservice to Ghanaians – Ayine to Justices of Supreme Court
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You have done a great disservice to Ghanaians – Ayine to Justices of Supreme Court

Spokesperson for lawyers of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Dr Dominic Ayine has said the justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana have done a great disservice to Ghanaians for dismissing an application filed by the petitioner to reopen his case. Speaking to the media after court proceedings on Tuesday February 16, the former Deputy Attorney General said “I am surprised that the Supreme Court  itself, having set out  five key issues to be determined,  is now reducing  the issues to one which is whether and the extent to which the evidence  that we have led  shows that no one got  more than 50% of the votes  in accordance with Article 63  of the Constitution. “We have made abundantly clear in the petition that there were a number of infractions. We are contesting even the constitutionality of the declaration that was made. We are saying that she violated Article 23  of the constitution because she is an administrative body “For the court to say that we were bound by law to make our evidence  available for it to assess  before allowing us to reopen our case  is legally problematic proposition, therefore we disagree with the court . “We think that the court by this decision has not done the people of this country a great service. In the sense that Ghanaians are interested in knowing the truth.  Our constitution is very clear that justice emanates from the people and must be exercised in the name of and the welfare of the people. “The justices today have not given us a reason to believe that they want the people of this country to know the truth about what happened. “ The Supreme Court has yet again dismissed another application of John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing. According to the Court, the petitioner, inter alia, has not adduced enough evidence, or an inkling of that, to convince the bench for the case to be re-opened. Reading the ruling on Tuesday, February 16, Presiding Judge Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah said even at the time the application was filed, the petitioner as well as the respondents had closed their cases. He said the petitioner is not entitled to an application of that nature as a matter of right, an argument he adduced through counsel Tsatsu Tsikata on Monday, February 15. Chief Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is also Ghana’s Chief Justice, said such application can be granted by discretion. “That discretion is, however, one which should be exercised per rules and with restraint as a motion to reopen necessarily involves a balancing of the accountability of counsel for the decisions regarding prosecutions of this case and the interest of justice. “Accordingly, we weighed the propriety of re-opening proceedings to permit additional evidence to be led or tendered and Court will typically consider three broad questions. Will the evidence, if it had been presented during the trial, have had any influence on the result? [The second question is] could the evidence have been obtained before beginning trial by the exercise of reasonable diligence?” In tabling his argument on Monday, February 15 for the bench to grant his application for the case to be re-opened, Mr Tsikata said the Chair of the First Respondent, Jean Adukwei Mensa, would have been subpoenaed to appear as a hostile witness. This the Court found “baffling”, according to Justice Anin-Yeboah. He, therefore, concluded: “We find no merit or so why the petitioner in his application to reopen his case for the sole purpose of compelling his adversaries’ intended witness to testify through a subpoena without indicating the sort of urgency he intends to solicit from the said witness and how that evidence is going to help the Court in resolving the dispute before us. “We accordingly refuse the application and proceed without any hesitation to dismiss it.” 3news Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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I would advise my brother JDM/NDC to withdraw the case Stephen Atubiga
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I would advise my brother JDM/NDC to withdraw the case

A respected member of the opposition National Democratic Congress Stephen Atubiga who contested John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 party Presidential primaries has revealed that, If the justices do not give justice to John Dramani Mahama in Tuesday’s ruling, he would advise his brother and NDC to withdraw the case, and let posterity be the judge. According to Mr. Atubiga, “JDM would always have a red carpet rolled by me for him, anytime he is ready to lead NDC again”. Below is his full statement: If the justices do not give justice to JDM today, I would advise my brother JDM / NDC to withdraw the case, and let posterity be the judge. JDM would always have a red carpet rolled by me for him, anytime he is ready to lead NDC again. The 7, against 0 votes from the justices from day one, has prepared most NDC members mindset of miscarriage judgment of justice awaiting NDC. The best justice, the legal team of JDM /NDC can give to the 6+million voters of the NDC/ Ghanaians, is to allow posterity to give judgment on this case with time. I have heard a lot about why Jean Mensah is protected from the witness box. Some are saying in case of runoff directives from the court, her integrity may be damaged not enabling her supervising another election in the country. Well, some of us who are political predictors, political visionaries, political herbalists, with political prophecies, can boldly tell you NDC/JDM would not get justice. Stephen Atubiga Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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Breaking News: Mahama can’t reopen case to cross-examine Jean Mensa – Supreme Court
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Breaking News: Mahama can’t reopen case to cross-examine Jean Mensa – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that former President John Mahama, the petitioner in the ongoing election petition, cannot reopen his case after closing it. Chief Justice Anin Yeboah read the ruling in court on Tuesday, 16 February 2021. He quoted several authorities to buttress the court’s position. “A mere filing of a witness statement is not an election to testify”, Justice Anin Yeboah said, adding: “We accordingly refuse that application”. Mr Mahama’s lead counsel, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, had argued in court on Monday, 15 February that his side intended reopening the case so that it could subpoena the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, as a “hostile” or “adverse” witness if leave had been granted by the court to his side’s prayer. Mr Tsikata also insisted that for the sake of the God Mrs Mensa worships, it was important for her to mount the witness box. In his counter-arguments against the reopening of the case, Mr Justin Amenuvor, lead counsel for the EC said allowing Mr Tsikata to cross-examine Mrs Mensa as a hostile witness would be an abuse of the legal process. Also, Mr Akoto Ampaw, the lead counsel for President Nana Akufo-Addo, the second respondent in the case, argued that the party that bore the burden of proof, “as the petitioner does in this matter, must effectively meet that burden of proof”. Prior to Monday’s hearing, Mrs Mensa, the star witness of the first respondent, the EC, deposed to an affidavit opposing Mr Mahama’s push prayer to the apex court to reopen his case. The affidavit said the EC “decided that it would not waste time and effort over the tottering case” of Mr Mahama, “hence, my decision not to testify because there was nothing to testify about”. Mrs Mensa added: “The 1st respondent is opposed to the said application and says that the application is not warranted by any rule of law or procedure and the same should be dismissed by this honourable court”. “I am advised and verily believe that the application does not show sufficient reason for the court to permit the petitioner to reopen his case. I am advised that reopening a case is not a remedy for the asking; the applicant must show the harm to be suffered if the case were not reopened. The petitioner skipped this requirement”. “Again, I am advised that the petitioner’s lawyers were confident when they closed his case without reservation, and this court ought not to permit proceedings before it to drag unduly on the basis of a party’s afterthought and inability to prove its case in court,” the affidavit said. The EC added that the “petitioner entered into the contest herein believing that he would testify if need be. It became clear, too soon, that the petitioner’s case drifted into departures from the Strong Room by the petitioner’s agent of his own volition and grievances that I had served ‘tea without biscuits’ to the petitioner’s agent who had left the Strong Room to be in my secretariat”. “The 1st Respondent Commission decided that it would not waste time and effort over the tottering case hence my decision not to testify because there was nothing to testify about”. “Again, the petitioner deposes in support of his case to matters concerning ‘the biometric verification process for which huge sums of taxpayers’ money was spent.’ These are matters that have sprung up in this application for the first time and do not form the basis of the petitioner’s petition”. “I verily believe that there are more convenient fora (forums) for ventilating the so-called public interest issues and further that this should not form the basis of the petitioner re-opening his case in a presidential election petition in court”. “The petitioner deposes in the supporting affidavit further that this court has the power to summon me, as a witness. I am advised and verily believe that the application is an abuse of this honourable court’s process insofar as it does not tell this court whether I am needed as a witness for the petitioner or for the 1st Respondent or what I am required to say”. “I verily believe that this court has power to call a witness suo motu but not a party, let alone a party adjudged to have a vested right to decide not to testify”. “I am opposed to the petitioner being granted leave by this honourable court to re-open a case that he closed of his own volition without compulsion”. “I am advised that even if this court grants leave for the petitioner to reopen its case; it ought not cause a subpoena to be issued against me because a subpoena is issued with coercive effect,” Mensa noted. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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‘Nobody Can Cajole Me Into Worshipping Them . . . I Serve Leaders Who Respect Me’ – Koku Anyidoho Koku Anyidoho
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‘Nobody Can Cajole Me Into Worshipping Them . . . I Serve Leaders Who Respect Me’ – Koku Anyidoho

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atta Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho has showered praises on the achievements of some past Presidents of the Republic and current President Nana Akufo-Addo for leaving behind some legacies for the next generation. According to the former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), setting up the Atta Mills Institute is not to project only the legacy left behind by former President Atta Mills but also to include that of former President Rawlings, Kuffour and current President Akufo-Addo and the first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ Morning Show, the CEO of Atta Mills Institute said that irrespective of what anybody thinks, his acknowledgement remains with the chosen names he has mentioned. “I live by faith and I operate by faith. President Mills is gone; he will not come back again but his legacy will live long, the legacy of President Rawlings will live long and the legacy of President Kuffour will live long and also the legacy of Nana Akufo-Addo will live long as well as the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah”. “I have chosen to name names and I am not obliged to name every name. I will mention names from Kwame Nkrumah up to today; I have mentioned the names already and let those who want to fill in the puzzle, fill in the puzzle but I am saying that President Mills was my political father; Jerry Rawlings before him [Mills]. Today, President Kuffour has allowed me to enter his house before and President Akufo-Addo is building Asomdwee Park. I know the ones I want to name,” he said. Without relating his comment to his suspension from the NDC, Koku Anyidoho admonished that he is not prepared to bow before anyone for no reason; thus, he will not allow anyone to cajole him into worshipping them as he does not worship human beings but God alone. “Those who think I will bow before them for no apparent reason; those who think they can cajole me into worshipping them, let them know that I don’t worship human beings; I worship my God and I serve leaders who respect me,” he chided. Peacefm Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: +233555568093

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“What Koraaa Is The Issue With Mr Tsikata? – Gabby Otchere Darko Questioned Leading member of the NPP, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko
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“What Koraaa Is The Issue With Mr Tsikata? – Gabby Otchere Darko Questioned

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the application to inspect six (6) documents of the Electoral Commission(EC) an application filed by the 2020 presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama. The legal team of John Mahama is asking for six documents including the originals of the constituency presidential election result collation forms (form 9) for all constituencies, the originals of all constituency presidential election results summary sheet (form 10) and the originals of the regional presidential election collation forms (form 11) for all regions. They are also asking for the originals of the regional presidential election results summary sheets (form 12) for all regions and the original of the declaration of the presidential results form (form 13) as well as the records of the alleged update to the purported declaration of presidential election results on 9th December 2020, of the results of four (4) constituencies in the Greater Accra Region. In reaction to this, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko queried: “what really is the issue” “The so-called Form 13 (Declaration of Presidential Results Form) is already filed as Exhibit 4 and attached to witness statement of Jean Mensa. There’s only one Form 13 used and only one in dispute and the EC has filed it. So, what really is the issue, Mr Tsikata? What koraaa?” he tweeted Lead counsel for Mr. Mahama, Tsatsu Tsikata said: “these are plain circumstances which necessitate a reference back to the original documents which are in the custody of the first respondent (EC) so that there could be a proper validation of what the correct figure is,” he said. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093

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Election Petition: Mahama’s request to inspect EC’s documents rejected
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Election Petition: Mahama’s request to inspect EC’s documents rejected

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, in the ongoing Election Petition hearing requesting to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission. The documents Mr. Mahama had wanted to inspect included the original constituency presidential election result collation forms for all constituencies, constituency presidential election results summary sheet, regional presidential election summary sheets for all regions, and the declaration of the presidential results form. During the hearing today, Wednesday, February 3, 2021, the lead lawyer for the petitioner, Mr.Tsatsu Tsikata argued that his client was entitled to inspect the documents of the 1st Respondent due to the differences in the number of total valid votes cast and other results in the declared results. He insisted that inspection of the said documents will enable the petitioner to confirm whether their documents are the same as those in the custody of the 1st Respondent, the Electoral Commission. But the application was objected to by lawyers of the respondents. They described the application as misconceived. The lawyer for the 1st Respondent argued that the petitioner has all carbonated copies of the said documents hence such a request was untenable. Also, the lead counsel for the 2nd Respondent, Mr. Akoto Ampaw objected to the application saying the burden of proof is on the petitioner and that he cannot use the backdoor to adduce evidence from the respondents. Akoto Ampaw further argued that the timing of the application and the failure of the petitioner to produce documents and evidence of his own denies him the right to the application. The ruling  The apex court in ruling on the application dismissed same saying the threshold of necessity has not been met by lawyers of John Mahama. Below are excerpts of the ruling: The rule permits the EC to give the applied documents to the parties who participated in the presidential elections through their accredited agents. Indeed, regulation 47 of C.I.127 sub-rule 7 to 11 inclusively sets out the different forms to be completed at the various states at the electoral process and copies of same given to the accredited agents of each candidate. The applicant has not demonstrated that he has no copies of the documents in question. In fact on record, PW1 and PW2 have admitted on oath that the petitioner has all the copies of the documents. The application for discovery of documents requires the discretion of the court and the guiding principle. In all cases in which the court makes an order for discovery, it is a matter of discretion and not as of right. In an ordinary way, where there are issues of fact between the parties, the court will generally make such an order. However, in the instant case, the applicant has not raised any issue that he has no copies of the documents of the subject of this application. In view of the fact that the proceeding so far shows the petitioner has copies of all the documents, the subject of this application, we are of the opinion that no proper case has been made before us to warrant the exercise of our discretion in favour of the applicant. Order 21 rule of 1 of C.I.97 which is the basis of this application, is not to be read in isolation and should be read in conjunction with rule 11 with the said order which states that an order for the production of any document for inspection by the parties or to the court shall not be made under any of these rules unless the court is of the opinion that the order is necessary either to dispose fairly of the course of the matter or to save cost. Furthermore, section 166 of the Evidence Act RCD 233 of 1975 makes it clear that a duplicate of a document is admissible to the extent of the original unless a genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the duplicate. No issue has been raised against the duplicate in possession of the applicant. The discrepancies which the learned counsel for the petitioner has alluded to in his submissions with the declaration of 9th December 2020 and the press release of the 10th December 2020 and the answer in the witness statement of the 1st respondent are issues of evidence and do not give course for discoveries of the documents under consideration. So for the above reasons, the application is dismissed. Citinewsroom Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093

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Oppong Nkrumah very optimistic with the court outcome as he explains…. Information Minister Designate and Spokesperson for the Legal Team of the Second Respondent in the Presidential Election Petition, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
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Oppong Nkrumah very optimistic with the court outcome as he explains….

Information Minister Designate and Spokesperson for the Legal Team of the Second Respondent in the Presidential Election Petition, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah explains the outcome of the February 2, 2021 election petition hearing. According to Mr. Oppong Nkrumah who was addressing the media after the court hearing, he very optimistic that the issue of whether the EC has the right to instruct the representatives of the petitioner was made clear in Supreme Court today. “When you read the witness statement, the witness statement says, ‘we were asked’, check the definition of ‘asked’. Now in the witnessed box and under oath, he seeks to amend that ‘they were instructed’ and that is why see lawyer Akoto Ampaw did not take too much time in his cross-examination. He asked one key question, he said, I put it to you that you know that you cannot be instructed by the chair of the first respondent and he said replied yes, we cannot be instructed by the chair of the first respondent”. According to Mr. Oppong Nkrumah that fallacy is settled and the court will take notice of it that, it cannot be true that the Chair of the Electoral Commission will instruct and representative of the President will obey her instruction. “Another matter that is been settled is the attempt of the petitioner and his witnesses to repeatedly question the result by discrediting their own agents”. According to Mr. Nkrumah, from the beginning of the case, the petitioner came up with an argument that numbers have been cooked up and that the EC was incorrect. “…yesterday you saw Mr. Asiedu Nketia arriving at 47.51, 47.51. Today, they tried other tactics by trying to suggest that there was something wrong with result that their agent had satisfied from the polling station through the constituency to the regions”. “But in cross-examination, you saw It come out, and is been settled that they cannot use the back door to discredit their very own agents who satisfied the result from the bottom up and then claimed that somebody from the national had said that the figures did not add up…” Mr. Oppong Nkrumah explained Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

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