Election Petition: Supreme Court judges err in judgement delivery

The President of the Supreme Court Judges who dismissed a landmark Election Petition challenging the legitimacy of President John Mahama erred in delivering the judgement.

Justice William Atuguba in his landmark ruling yesterday named Justice Baffoe Bonney as one of the judges who dismissed the case of voting without biometric verification- one of the electoral irregularity cited by the Petitioners; he is also on record to have named the same judge as having upheld the voting without biometric verification irregularity.

A member of the legal team of the Petitioners, Godfred Dame noticed the anomaly in an interview with Joy News shortly after the ruling.

Joy News can confirm the Supreme Court has moved to correct the anomaly.

On the specific case of voting without biometric verification, the new ruling as secured by Joy News reads: "Atuguba, Adinyira, Dotse, Gbadegbe and Akoto-Bamfo, JJSC dismiss the claim relating to voting without biometric verification."

"...Baffoe-Bonnie JSC grants the claim of voting without biometric verification, cancels the votes involved and orders a rerun of the areas affected."

With the correction, four of the judges have been deemed to have upheld the Petitioners' claim of voting without biometric verification, bringing the decision to 5-4 in favour of the Respondents, instead of the 6-3 (in favour of the Respondents) earlier announced by the presiding Judge.

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