Akufo-Addo Files Response To Mahama’s Amended Petition; Insists The Case Should Be Thrown Out

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, through his lawyers, filed a response to the amended election petition of the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama.

Henry Nana Boakye who is a spokesperson of the president’s legal team in an interview with Citi News monitored by GhanaWeb said the response was in line with a directive by the Supreme Court.

“By the natural sequence of events, once the petitioner has sought the audience of the court to make some amendments in their petition, it is only proper that the respondent also do the same by today. The Supreme Court gave an order that if you have any response to the amended petition, you should file it today,” he said.

The legal team spokesperson, however, insists that the president’s lawyers maintain its preliminary objection for the case to be dismissed.

“They do not have to waste the court’s time on these issues because the facts they have presented do not support their case,” he added.

Mr Mahama’s petition as presented to the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020, was seen to contain mistakes including, interchanging the Electoral Commission and President Akufo-Addo in one of the reliefs being sought.

Source: Ghanaweb