ELECTIONS BOX

  Ghana has again witnessed a petition to the Supreme Court (SC) concerning the outcome of a Presidential Election. Nevertheless, there are a number of incidences that has occurred with this petition that leaves myself and a lot of citizens befuddled as to what exactly is going on. Which principle …

The lead counsel for John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 election petition, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, during the hearing on Friday, February 5, 2021, reserved a word of praise for the representative of the first respondent, Peter Mac Manu, for helping him bring some clarity to an issue. Dr Kpessa-Whyte had, …

  Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), George Mireku Duker says the Supreme Court must charge the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with contempt of court. According to Hon. Mireku Duker, the NDC, their petitioner and lawyers are all wasting the time of the court and Ghanaians.   The Supreme Court …

Spokesperson for lawyers of the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing has said the decision by the Supreme Court to strike out only five-paragraph out of the 23 that the respondents were asking the court to remove from Rojo Mettle the paragraphs that have been struck out are 4, …

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision struck out paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 18 of Rojo Mettle-Nunoo’s witness statement. It was the ruling of the court that these paragraphs had no foundation to the pleadings of the petition. Lead counsels for the 1st and 2nd respondents raised …

A video of the New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Chairman for the 2020 general elections, Peter MacManu, which has resurfaced, seems to suggest some iota of truth in claims made by witnesses for the petitioner, in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court. One of the contentious portions of …

One of the representatives of the 2020 NDC presidential candidate at the EC’s national collation centre (strong room) Rojo Mettle-Nunoo says he was misled into certifying some regional results. Mr Nunoo will on Friday be the third witness of John Mahama to be cross-examined in the ongoing election petition hearing …

John Dramani Mahama has filed a witness statement from one of National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) agents at Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters, Robert Joseph Mettle Nunoo, who is expected to testify as his third witness in the ongoing election petition. Mr. Mettle-Nunoo has become critical in the petition after the second …

With today’s dismissal of the petitioner’s application to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission, they must produce any further witnesses they have or bring down their case. This was revealed by spokesperson on the legal team for the 2nd respondent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, told journalists that …

Lead counsel for the petitioner in the Election Petition case, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata says a witness on their side, relevant to the proceedings in court is suffering from some health complications. This witness, according to Mr. Tsikata, if given the opportunity to file a witness statement, will help bring some pertinent evidence …