John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the NDC in the 2020 election, got his Election Petition dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ghana for lack of merit.
In the two-hour judgement of the seven-member panel delivered by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah last Thursday, March 4, the Justices identified some loopholes in the answers of Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Principal Witness One, when the latter was cross-examined.
The Chief Justice describing Johnson Asiedu Nketia as the ‘star witness’ for the Petitioner, John Dramani Mahama stated that the Petitioner was not in “Court to challenge the validity of the figures or data presented by the Chairperson of 1st Respondent that is why in his testimony, he did not provide any data to contradict that of the 1st Respondent.”
You vamoosed because Mahama lost – EC lawyer to witness Listen to article
Lawyer for the Electoral Commission (EC) has challenged claims by one of the Petitioner John Mahama s witnesses that he left the National Collation Centre ( strong-room ) of the EC because he (witness) and his colleague were instructed by the EC boss to do so.
According to Justin Amenuvor, counsel for the EC, the real reason the witness, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, and his colleague, Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, aka Rojo, “vamoosed” from the EC s strong-room was that they had realised Mr. Mahama had lost the election.
Witness Statement
Dr. Kpessa-Whyte, one of the two agents who represented the former President at the National Collation Centre, in his witness statement, filed as part of the petition by Mr. Mahama challenging the declaration of President Akufo-Addo as winner by the EC, indicated that he noticed “many material irregularities” during the entire process of the December 7 Presidential Electio
Mr Tsatu Tsikata, Counsel for the Petitioner in the Election 2020 Petition trial, on Tuesday said the Supreme Court was harassing Dr Michael Kpessa Whyte, the second witness of the Petitioner.
Justice Yaw Apau, a member of the panel, wanted to find out from the witness if by leaving the Strong Room of the Electoral Commission he helped the course of the Petitioner. You did not help the course of the Petitioner by leaving the strong room of the EC,” he said.
Mr Tsikata, however, vehemently opposed the question, saying: “The Supreme Court is harassing the witness.”
According to Mr Tiskata, Justice Apau, who asked the question, was entitled to his opinion.
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The second witness for former President John Dramani Mahama in the election petition hearing, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, Tuesday denied a suggestion by counsel for the Electoral Commission (EC) that he (the witness) had left the EC ‘strong room’ when he realised that the petitioner had lost the presidential election.
According to the witness, it was not true that he, together with his other colleague in the strong room, had left the strong room when they realised that the petitioner had lost the election.
Dr Kpessa-Whyte was responding to a suggestion put to him by counsel for the EC, Mr Justin Amenuvor, that he had left the room because he realised Mr Mahama had lost the election.
The second witness for former President John Dramani Mahama in the election petition hearing, Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, Tuesday denied a suggestion by counsel for the Electoral Commission (EC) that he (the witness) had left the EC ‘strong room’ when he realised that the petitioner had lost the presidential election.
According to the witness, it was not true that he, together with his other colleague in the strong room, had left the strong room when they realised that the petitioner had lost the election.
Dr Kpessa-Whyte was responding to a suggestion put to him by counsel for the EC, Mr Justin Amenuvor, that he had left the room because he realised Mr Mahama had lost the election.