Shame on you for abandoning post for 3 hours to go drink tea – Atubiga to Rojo Mettle Nunoo Listen to article
Mr Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo (Rojo), one of the two agents who represented the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Electoral Commission’s Strong Room (National Collation Centre), must bow his head in shame for abandoning his job to go an drink tea for three hours at the office of the Chairperson of the election management body, a former flag bearer aspirant of the party, Mr Stephen Atubiga has said.
“We are angry, we are upset. I mean, how can somebody go and sit for three hours in somebody’s office drinking tea and would not bow the head in shame but says: ‘I didn’t get biscuit’. I mean, you have an obligation, you left the room ajar”, Mr Atubiga chastised in an interview with Kofi Oppong Asamoah on Class91.3FM’s mid-day news programme, 12Live on Friday, 5 March 2021.
Petitioner
The case was filed by the NDC’s 2020 Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. He is the former President of Ghana who lost the 2016 election and contested in the 2020 polls with the hope of capturing power
Respondents
In accordance with the rules governing the hearing of petitions in Ghana, Mr. Mahama named Ghana’s electoral management body, Electoral Commission and Nana Akufo-Addo as respondents. Nana Akufo-Addo has been President of Ghana since 2016 and was declared the winner of the 2020 polls by the Electoral Commission.
John Mahama’s case
Mr. Mahama claims none of the candidates who contested the polls obtained more than 50% of the votes cast. He alleges that the person said to have won the polls benefitted from vote padding.
Tensions are high ahead of the final judgement of the apex court today, in the case sent to it by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama.
Mr Mahama is claiming that none of the 12 candidates obtained the over 50% votes imposed by the constitution, as such, the court should order for a re-run between the first two candidates.
After several ‘I put it to you,’ ‘My Lords,’ ‘I am opposed to…’ among others, all parties in the second presidential election petition in the country, would see their smoothness level in a few hours’ time today, Thursday, March 4, 2021.