Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Chairperson of the 1st Respondent, that is the Electoral Commission, says that at no time did she inform John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition suit at the Supreme Court, or his lawyers, that she desires to testify in the case.
According to her, she has through her lawyers stated categorically that she would not testify in the case whose reliefs, among others, seeks to annul the declaration made by Jean Mensa, Returning Officer for the Presidential Election that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2nd Respondent, was the winner.
In an affidavit in opposition to the motion for leave to reopen the case of the Petitioner, the Returning Officer for the December 7 elections indicated that “the application is not warranted by rule of law or procedure and the same should be dismissed” by the panel of Justices hearing the case.
In Paragraph 4 of her affidavit, Jean Mensa stated, “I observe from the motion paper that the Petitioner-Applicant seeks leave of this Court to reopen the case of the Petitioner-Applicant ‘to enable Chairperson of Electoral Commission to testify’, creating erroneous impression that this Application is made at my behest. At no time have I informed the Petitioner or his lawyers of my desire to testify in this case.”
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the NDC on Thursday, February 11, 2021, lost his bid to compel Jean Mensa to take the witness box to be cross-examined.
Tsatsu Tsikata, the lead counsel for the Petitioner informed the Supreme Court panel that the Petitioner intended to reopen the case with the leave of the Court so that the EC Chairperson will be subpoenaed to testify.
Mahama has since filed new documents indicating a desire to ask the Court on Monday to be allowed to reopen the case.
Source: GhanaWeb