[ 2021-02-06 ]

Election Petition: Supreme Court expunges 5 paragraphs of 3rd witness statement

By Joyce Danso

Accra, Feb. 05, GNA - The Supreme Court has
expunged five paragraphs of Mr Robert Joseph
Mettle-Nunoo's witness statement adopted in
evidence.

The seven-member panel, ruled that paragraphs 4,
5,6,7,18 of the third witness statement be struck
out.

The Court held that the five paragraphs had no
foundation in the pleadings of the Petitioner.

The ruling came after Mr Akoto Ampaw, Lead Counsel
for President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Second
Respondent, had prayed the Court to expunge 23 out
of the 32 paragraphs of Mr Mettle-Nunoo' s
statement.

Mr Ampaw held that the paragraphs were not based
on the pleadings of the Petitioner and highly
speculative, raising serious allegations.

He contended that the paragraphs sought to
introduce “issues behind the back door".

Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, Lead Counsel for former
President John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner,
held that there were no basis to strike out any
paragraph of the third witness statement.

Source - GNA

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