Former President John Dramani Mahama has filed his witness statements in the 2020 presidential election petition.
The statements were filed Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in line with the orders of the Supreme Court.
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte who was one of candidate John Mahama s agents at the Electoral Commission head office during the collation of the election results are among the witnesses.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not hesitate to dismiss the 2020 election petition filed by former President John Dramani Mahama if he (Mahama) fails to comply with the court’s order to file his witness statement.
National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye has said that he will not hesitate to fire his lead counsel Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata and Lawyer Tony Lithur.
Speaking on
Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia program, he explained that their antics and theatrics clearly show that they have no case and may eventually withdraw the case from the Supreme Court. If I was President Mahama, though am not him, I would have fired my lawyers a long time ago for the way they are going about with my case, he said. It’s so sad and disheartening for your lawyers to be absent in Court when your case is mentioned, and what happened in court is a classical example of an unprepared legal team, he added.
Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress has berated lawyer Frank Davies of the new Patriotic Party for his ‘disrespectful’ comments about the counsels for John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 election petition hearing.
Sammy Gyamfi said on Okay FM that Frank Davies showed gross disrespect to his ‘senior colleague’ Tsatsu Tsikata.
He expressed worry that a former regional executive of the Ghana Bar Association, who he expects to have a better appreciation of the law practices will choose to denigrate his senior in public.
He urged him to give reverence to Tsatsu and Tony Lithur who are light years ahead of him in the law field.
Lawyers for John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition, incurred the wrath of the Supreme Court Panel adjudicating the matter on Tuesday, January 26, resulting in the panel serving notice of its intention to dismiss the election.
This follows remarks by Counsel for the Petitioner, Tony Lithur that the team has not filed its witness statements as directed by the panel at the last sitting because of substantive issues before the Court.
The Supreme Court, which had set today to commence the hearing, ordered the petitioner (Mr Mahama), to file his witness statements by Thursday, January 21, this year.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has filed his witness statements in the 2020 presidential election petition.
The statements were filed Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in line with the orders of the Supreme Court.
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte who was one of candidate John Mahama’s agents at the Electoral Commission head office during the collation of the election results are among the witnesses.
Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not hesitate to dismiss the 2020 election petition filed by former President John Dramani Mahama if he (Mahama) fails to comply with the court’s order to file his witness statement.