Former President John Dramani Mahama met former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings during the final funeral ceremony of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings at the Black Stars Square in Accra on Wednesday, January 27. Mr Mahama has said the late former President Jerry John Rawlings strode onto Ghana’s political stage like …
Read More »Election Petition: Mahama won’t be in the witness box – Lawyers
The petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court, Mr John Dramani Mahama will not be in the witness box to be cross-examined, spokesperson for his lawyers in the case, Dr Dominic Ayine, has said. He said, another official of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be the one to be …
Read More »Supreme Court threatens to throw out Mahama’s 2020 election petition
Former president John Dramani Mahama has until Wednesday 27 January 2021 to file his witness statements else his 2020 election petition will be struct out, the Supreme Court has warned. Mahama’s lawyers failed to comply with the apex court’s orders to file the statements by 21 January and instead filed an application …
Read More »Allow me to demonstrate further that your ruling was contrary to law – Mahama to Supreme Court
Lawyers for 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama have filed fresh documents attacking the Supreme Court’s ruling on his interrogatories for the Electoral Commission. They argue that the court’s ruling was characterized by a lack of due regard to the law or facts relating to the election petition. The …
Read More »Petitioner’s case is grounded on extreme speculations – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says Mr John Dramani Mahama’s election petition is grounded on extreme speculations and ought to be dismissed by the Supreme Court. In its preliminary objection raised through its Counsel, Mr Justine Amenuvor, the EC held that the petition did not merit a trial as same constituted “a total …
Read More »Supreme Court’s ruling against my interrogatories ‘a miscarriage of justice’ – Mahama fires
The Petitioner in the election 2020 petition, John Mahama has argued that denying him the opportunity to serve interrogatories on the Electoral Commission (EC) will damage his election petition case at the Supreme Court. Mahama’s concern is contained in his fresh application seeking to halt the election petition until the …
Read More »Election Petition: Mahama expected to file witness statements today
The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to file witness statements and the accompanying affidavits on his petition at the Supreme Court registry today, Thursday, January 21, 2021. The Supreme court on Wednesday ordered the petitioner to do so by 12 noon on January 21, …
Read More »Dismissal of our motion shocking – Mahama’s Legal Team
A spokesperson for the legal team of former President John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition hearing, Dr Dominic Ayine, has expressed shock at the dismissal of a motion filed by the petitioners which was asking the 1st Respondent Electoral Commission (EC) some questions ahead of the substantive matter. …
Read More »Ungrateful Mahama used and dumped me like a piece of rag – Akua Donkor cries
The controversial 2020 presidential candidate for Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has recounted how she was used and dumped by former President John Dramani Mahama. Madam Akua Donkor who has described the 2020 presidential candidate for the largest opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama as ungrateful claimed she sacrificed her …
Read More »Mahama’s motion to amend errors in election petition granted
The Supreme Court has given the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, the opportunity to amend some errors in his petition challenging the outcome of the 2020 general elections. His motion in this regard was granted after a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday morning. Mr. Mahama’s petition had interchanged …
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