Lawyers of the first respondent, Electoral Commission (EC), and the second respondent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the Election 2020 petition filed by the defeated presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama, have filed their witness statements as directed by the seven-member Supreme Court Panel during its sitting on Wednesday, the 20^th of January 2021.

The petitioner who was however directed to file same for his suggested five (5) witnesses by 12:00 noon on the 21^st of January 2021 has as at today, Saturday the 23^rd of January 2021 failed to do so but has rather filed an application seeking to stay proceedings at the Supreme Court until his application for review of the Supreme Court’s decision on an earlier application for interrogatories has been heard.

The first respondent (EC) filed one witness statement in support of their case and the witness is the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Jean Mensa. On the other hand, the second respondent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, by a power of attorney dated the 15^th of January 2021 appointing Peter Mac Manu to testify on his behalf has also filed one witness statement.

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National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, also known as Nana B has admonished lawyers for former president John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing 2020 Presidential elections petition to exhibit some level of seriousness and stop the delay tactics.

While speaking to Nana Yaw Kesseh on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”, he commended laywers for President Akufo-Addo, praising them for showing commitment and planning in advance for the case in court.

”We have prepared ourselves. We know that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won the elections legitimately. We did our job well. We have evidence to show before the court that we won the elections…I salute our legal team and their good work”, he was quoted by peacefmonline.

He also advised Mr. Mahama’s legal team to ”show seriousness”, stressing ”we cannot spend nine months in court”.

Source: GhanaFeed.com

Activist for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dzifa Gunu has claimed that the party’s former Deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho failed to show up at his deceased daughter’s burial service and is even making attempts to kill his wife.

Although without evidence to these claims, many believe these allegations are attempts by some staunch members of the NDC to get back at Anyidoho for his unprovoked attacks on the party’s leadership.

Dzifa Gunu wrote: “When you [Koku] lost your daughter, Sitsofe in that fatal accident on the 7th of November, 2020, I felt sad for you, because it is said that parents look after their children to be responsible adults so their children will look after them and if God permits the children will bury their aged parents. But, you, Koku Anyidoho could not even go bury your own daughter, you disappeared and was no where close during her burial but only went to her grave side later, took pictures and splashed on social media…. you are very heartless and evil, your evil deeds will confront you on this earth and I know you are already facing judgment here”.

He further claimed, “Indeed, it is only men with “Sick minds” who will abandon their families for months and plot to kill the mother of their kids.”

Source: GhanaFeed.com