News:
January 11, 2013
The Member of Parliament for Tema East, Hon. Titus Glover has denied ever having any fore knowledge of the Supreme Court Judges who were to sit on the case in which the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) petitioned the Supreme Court to be joined in the suit the Opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) filed against the Electoral Commission and President John Mahana.
Some Members of the NDC have accused the MP of having a leaked information that Justice Atuguba was likely to preside over the high profile case.
The MP had earlier raised concerns with the timing of the appointment of Dr Raymond Atuguba who is the nephew of the Judge to the high office of Secretary to President, with two days to the hearing of that case.
Coincidentally lawyers of the NPP at the hearing yesterday raised objection to the presence of one Judge on the panel who is believed to be Justice Atuguba.
However speaking on e.tv Ghana’s Breakfast show this morning, Hon. Titus Glover dismissed the assertion of the NDC stating that he only raised the concerns based on moral grounds and not because he was privy to any information.
” I have no question about the credibility of Justice Atuguba, my issue was on moral grounds, I recall during the hearing of the Ghana @ 50 celebration Justice Brobbey refused himself possibly because of having the same name with Dr Wereko Brobbey who was the CEO of Ghana @50, because he didn’t want any meanings to his actions that is what I’m talking about” he said.
He noted that at the time he made those concerns he did not know what issues the NPP legal team was going to raise nor which Judges were to sit on the case, and that his thoughts were independent of what the NPP put out in court.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh