A member of the communication team of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hopeson Adoryeh has touted the notion that Tsatsu Tsikata is a legal luminary, saying that he is good because he associated himself with Nana Akufo-Addo.
He stressed that Tsatsu Tsikata can be a good lecturer but cannot be the same as those who are constantly practicing the law; adding that there is a difference in practicing and lecturing the law.
Speaking on Okay FM, he said that Tsatsu Tsikata’s popularity is as a result of Nana Akufo-Addo in the case of the Attorney General versus Tuffour; when he (Tsatsu Tsikata) begged Akufo-Addo to be part of his team on the case.
Though he admitted not being there when the case was held, he said that he knew Nana Akufo-Addo made Tsatsu Tsikata popular because the case in contest was a popular one of which Akufo-Addo was the lead counsel.
He further stated that, in the Ghana Law Report, the number of times a counsel’s name appears make the person a luminary; in that Nana Akufo-Addo has 66 cases recorded in his name and that he should be have been considered a luminary.
According to him, it is not the fault of the counsel for the third respondent that he does not have any further questions for the star witness, but keep repeating what was already asked; because the case he is handling is a bad case, which is giving him sturdy times.
Hopeson Adoryeh, however, expressed dissatisfaction in some of the conducts of the Supreme Court judges as some insisted Dr. Bawumia answered the questions of Tsatsu Tsikata with either yes or no without explanation which has been the norm of the cross-examination.
He said Tsatsu Tsikata is short of questions and has resorted to the old tactics of using the pink sheet in singles, and also repeating what Tony Lithur did when he cross-examined Dr. Bawumia.
He added that as far as the cross-examination is concerned, to him there are no further questions to ask the chief witness.
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