“ What we must not do is bastard the courts ” – Oppong Nkrumah

General news for Friday, February 5, 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

02/05/2021

Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah accused the petitioners of refraining from bastardizing the court when their prayers are not honored.

According to him, a democratic Ghana must at all times function under due process and the rule of law. He spoke to reporters at the end of today’s Supreme Court session.

“We have now entered a democratic era, so everything, including justice, the rule of law depends on the constitution and the law. So justice is what we expect to be done in this matter and we expect it to be done according to the law.

“That is why whatever prayers we have, we will say it in court, they will stand up, think about it and they will come back.” What we must not do is bastard the courts when we are unsuccessful, ”he added.

He said the petitioners have made a habit of celebrating court when proceedings are unfolding and lashing out at the heist. The second respondent was consistent, a trait he begged the petitioners to adopt.

“You notice our friends when they don’t get their prayers, they come here and they say it doesn’t make sense, that they’re not righteous.

“Today, when some of their arguments are confirmed, they say the court is the best court they have seen. So they have to be consistent, we have been consistent from day one, ”he said.

For most of the day on February 5, the court heard submissions on the witness statement of the petitioner’s third witness, Rojo Mettle-Nunoo. Five of his 34 paragraph statements were struck out by the judges, the hearing continues on February 8 at 9:30 a.m.