The hearing of the petition filed by Mr. Mahama on the disputed election is still ongoing and
Ghanaians have seen a myriad of legal tussle between the Lawyers of the
factions. The leader and flagbearer of the opposition NDC in the just ended
elections has raised concerns about the outcome of the elections and has
alleged that the results was rigged in favor of NPP’s Nana Akuffo Addo.
Today, February 8, 2021 marking
the Day 11, third witness for Mahama mounted the witness box to testify on
behalf of the Petitioner. Ghanaians saw another hearing as the Counsels of the
1st and 2nd Respondents cross-examined the 3rd witness of Mahama.
One of the issues that took
centre stage was the warning from the Chief Justice to some members of the
legal team who resort to granting interviews after Court’s proceedings.
According to Chief Justice Annin Yeboah,
some after Court commentaries seek to contradicts, undermine and prejudice the
proceedings. He strongly warned Honourable Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,
Ms. Marietta Brew and Justin Amenuvor who is the lead
Counsel for the 1st witness. The 9-Panel has officially banned them from making
commentaries or granting interviews after hearings.
The Chief Justice said;
“Attention of the bench has been drawn to the fact that immediately after
proceedings, Counsels from both sides resort to granting interviews to the
media and at times some of them keep on twisting the facts and seek to even
prejudice whatever the proceedings were.”
“Marietta Brew, Oppong Nkrumah
and Amenuvor are all guilty. Oppong Nkrumah, you are guilty because you were at
Newsfile and we think since you gw e been announced it is unacceptable.”
In a related development, the
Court will continue the proceedings tomorrow, February 9, 2021 as announced by
the Chief Justice.
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