Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome appeared before the Supreme Court of Ghana today (Monday) as his long awaited oral examination started.
Deputy Attorney-General Godfred Dame lead the examination of the businessman, who was represented by lawyer Ken Anku.
The Supreme Court of Ghana has thrown out the case brought by Alfred Agbesi Woyome calling for a decision for him to be orally examined by the Attorney General to be overturned.
Woyome argued that they’re seeking a review of the judge’s ruling granting the application thus the oral examination should be halted until the review’s complete.
The Catholic Bishops Conference has called for the Gitmo 2 to be sent back to the US on the back of the Supreme Court decision ruling their stay unconstitutional.
President of the Conference, Reverend Philip Naameh, said in light of the ruling, the pair cannot continue their stay in Ghana.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr., the managing editor of the Insight newspaper, has called on government to send the Gitmo 2 back to the United States immediately.
Speaking on Kokrokoo on Friday, Pratt said per the Supreme Court decision, the stay of the duo in the country is unconstitutional and should be remedied immediately.
Government has responded to Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling with a statement, acknowledging the ruling and its directives.
The statement, signed by Information Minister Mustapha Hamid, says government has ‘taken notice’ of the judgement, whilst also reassuring Ghanaians that the Gitmo 2 are comporting themselves and remain under surveillance.
The Supreme Court failed to rule once again on the legality or otherwise of the decision of the former government to accept two former inmates of Guantanamo Bay into the country.
In court today (Wednesday), the justices, after deliberating on the decision, again failed to reach a verdict.
Attah Mills fired Attorney General, Martin Amidu who later gain the accolade as Citizen Vigilante for intensively pursuing Business Man Alfred Agbesi Woyome to refund the infamous $51m judgement debt has written to the Supreme to withdraw his suit further continue the case. READ ALSO: Minority Boycott Otiko Djaba’s Approval As Gender, Children and … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana is currently considering three lawsuits brought before it to re-arrest the infamous ‘Montie three”–who were pardoned by President Mahama after they were sentenced to prison for threatening members of the court and also threatening to rape the Chief Justice Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood.
According to a report by JOY FM, Nana Asante Bediatuo, one of the plaintiffs of the suits “is convinced that the presidential pardon granted the three was unconstitutional.”
The Supreme Court has placed a dampener on Government’s ability to conduct business with a judgement freezing its accounts over its failures to settle a judgement debt.
The nation’s highest court has placed a freeze on accounts including the Consolidated and Treasure Accounts in a case involving the state’s inability to settle a debt complaint.
Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom and his PPP won the appeal case brought by Ghana’s Electoral Commission against them in the Supreme Court—over a ruling by the High Court that asked the EC to give Nduom the opportunity to amend or alter mistakes on nomination forms which led to him being disqualified.
The Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November, 8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants. The court also ordered a suspension of all lawsuits challenging the EC’s disqualifications of flagbearers, for all those affected to amend the errors on their forms.
Madam Akua Donkor says even though she had decided on getting out of the Presidential race, the decision of the Supreme Court to extend the nomination process has made her change her mind and she would now rejoin the race.
The Supreme Court earlier today (Monday) ruled that the Electoral Commission should extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November, 8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants to get the chance to refile their candidacy.
Financial analyst Sidney Casely-Hayford has poked holes in the Electoral Commission’s confidence that they have fully complied with the Supreme Court order to weed out voters who registered with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) id cards.
Casely-Hayford, speaking on Citi Fm Saturday, said that he registered with his NHIS card, but remains on the rolls.
The case in which two citizens are suing the government to know the terms under which Ghana agreed to accommodate two ex-inmates of the notorious US prison base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has made some progress with a new ruling.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the agreement be produced by government for lawyers of the two plaintifs, Margaret Bamful and Henry Nana Boakye, to scrutinise – overriding government’s concern that releasing the documents would compromise state secrets.
The Electoral Commission has purged over 56,000 names from its rolls, a measure taken to comply with a Supreme Court order.
The nation’s highest court had ruled that a challenge by Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, challenging the eligibility of those who registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme identification card, was valid, and thus ordered the body to purge the name off its lists.
