It's Atuguba, NDC reveals

Flanked by Dr Dominic Ayine and Mr Victor K. Adawudu,  both members of the NDC legal team, Nana Dadzie told reporters that some members of the NPP had, prior to the hearing of the motion for joinder, gone on a private radio station to state the name of the judge they were opposed to.

He said the matter was of grave interest to the public and it was, therefore, unfortunate for the NPP to treat the case in such a manner.

However, the lead counsel for the NPP, Ms Gloria Akuffo, denied the notion that the NPP was out there to harm the stability of the country.

She argued that it was because the party believed in the rule of law that its leadership was pursuing the matter in court.

She was, however, tight-lipped when asked to give the name of the judge her clients were opposed to.

The petitioners — Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the NPP’s presidential candidate in the December 2012 elections; his running mate, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, and the Chairman of the NPP, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey — claim irregularities recorded during the election favoured the President Mahama, noting that 24,000 of the pink result sheets from some polling stations indicated that those irregularities were enough to affect the results.

However, the EC, which has also been joined to the petition, has denied any wrongdoing, arguing that the results it declared were credible and accurate.

Meanwhile, the court has adjourned hearing on the NDC’s application for joinder sine die to enable lawyers for the petitioners to put their objection in writing.

Nana Akufo-Addo is opposed to the application for joinder on grounds that it was calculated to delay the case.

Story by Mabel Aku Baneseh