Election petition: Dr Kpessa-Whyte will set up the witness box tomorrow | Politics

University of Ghana Senior Lecturer Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte will raise the witness stand for petitioner former President John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 presidential petition on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

Dr Kpessa-Whyte is one of the two representatives of the petitioner stationed at the National Collection Center (“Strongroom”) of the first respondent (electoral commission), during the presidential election on December 7, 2020.

In his witness statement, he said: “I testify in support of the Applicant’s thesis as it appears in his petition.”

He said that as the representative of the petitioner in the ‘strong room’ of the EC, “I noticed many material irregularities during the whole process of the presidential election of December 7, 2020.

Dr Kpessa-Whyte therefore stated that he and his colleague representing the “vault”, Mr. Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, brought the “numerous material irregularities” to the immediate attention of the petitioner and the National Congress. Democratic (NDC), the political party on whose ticket the petitioner contested the post of president in the presidential election.

Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, also a witness for the Applicant, after presenting his witness statement and has since been cross-examined by counsel for the defendants and remanded by the court.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has filed a petition with the Supreme Court for the quashing of the presidential election results and a new election between him and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is the second defendant of the request.

The petition also seeks a binding injunction, directing the first respondent, the electoral commission, to conduct a second election between the petitioner and the second respondent as candidates, as required by Articles 63 (4) and (5) of the 1992 constitutions.