Supreme Court: Justice Atuguba speaks on 2012 election petition 4 years after delivering verdict

In a new documentary titled “The Election Petition” which is yet to be aired, Justice Atuguba defended the decision of the court in favour of then President John Mahama.

Justice Williams Atuguba has spoken for the first time since delivering judgement on the 2012 election petition.

In a new documentary titled “The Election Petition” which is yet to be aired, Justice Atuguba defended the decision of the court in favour of then President John Mahama.

 

Then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr Mahamdu Bawumia and Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey petitioned the Supreme Court to quash Mahama’s victory citing multiple infractions and irregularities.

“Some people held some can of discussion at the British Council and gave the impression that the verdict if properly analysed should have gone in favour of the plaintiffs,” Justice Atuguba was captured as saying in the trailer of the documentary on Facebook.

He continued: “Quite clearly not and this kind of thing, you know, to the ordinary man will mean that something had drastically gone wrong with the decision process and that it wasn’t the correct verdict. But that is very very unfortunate.”

The Supreme Court judge, who was appointed by former President Jerry John Rawlings, will retire from the bench in 2018.

He missed out to become the Chief Justice early this year when the position became vacant.

In a new documentary titled “The Election Petition” which is yet to be aired, Justice Atuguba defended the decision of the court in favour of then President John Mahama. Read Full Story