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NPP’s U-turn raises more questions – Kofi Abotsi

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  • Fontomfrom 11 years ago

    Kwaku Azar lawyering!

    Konfusion no efei basaa!

  • GA MAN 11 years ago

    I have been crying everyday on the way GFA and kwesi appiah have treated the Ayew brothers.Why did you used them TO qualify for AFCON and dumped for the tournament?

  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    PROVERBS 24: 1,2. NPP YAKA GBEMEI.

  • Ohene 11 years ago

    AN EX-NDC MP REJECT

  • GHANAian 11 years ago

    THIS IS JUST A SIGN AND AT THE SAMETIME WARNING TO NPP TO WITHDRAW THEIR CASE IN TOTALITY FROM COURT, EITHER FROM SUPREME, CIRCUT, RAPID, OR EXPRESS COURT.--- WITHDRAW AND CANCEL THEIR COURT ACTIONS. NANA MUST JUST ACCEPT HI ...
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  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    THIS IS GENUINE DEFEAT WHICH NANA ADDO MUST ACCEPT. WHAT BEAT NANA ADDO IS OVERANXIETY...BUT HE MUST REMEMBER THAT IN EVERY COMPETITION THERE IS A WINNER AND A LOSER...AND NANA LOST.

  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    WHAT EVER ATUGUBA WILL DO WILL BE NAKED TO ALL GHANAIANS AND IT WILL GO INTO OUR BOOKS! THERE I THINK HE CAN NEVER DISGRACE HIMSELF FOR STUPID NDC

  • ATSU, HO 11 years ago

    IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A CASE ON HAND. IT TOOK THE FINANCIAL CUM LEGAL WIZARD, TSATSU LED LEGAL TEAM A WHOLE TEN DAYS MANDATED FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RESPOND. WE MAY BE LAUGHING AT THE WRONG SIDE OF OUR SHARP TEETH IF WE ARE NOT ...
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  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    AND THE NON-BRIBE TAKERS ARE DISGRACING THEMSELVES IN THE HIGHEST COURT OF THE LAND...AS WELL AS IN GHANA. TOO-KNOWN DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE CREDIBILITY.

  • daniel 11 years ago

    Get a life liars.

  • ROYAL AKANLAND 11 years ago

    TROKOSI

  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    NDC CROOKS CAN CHOP GHANA MONEY BUT TO US NANA ADDO IS OUR RESPECTED PRESIDENT

  • BARIMA 11 years ago

    your father is the president. Kwasia kotibortor man like you.Assssssssssssshole

  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    SHIT CARRIER RESPECT A BIT OK? COBRA EATER FOOL

  • kodwo asante, Bronx NY 11 years ago

    why dont u keep your idiot mouth shut you DOG eaters want to be president . u eat DOG you cant come to the UN to represent Ghana - The corps will arrest u for (animal cruiety)and put u in jail with your coke MP

  • kad 11 years ago

    Hmm,too-known because we take the book to the letter(and the letter of the law)is keeping us in the go-slow lane.

  • kad 11 years ago

    known

  • Paapsi 11 years ago

    NOW KOFI ABOTSI IS AN NDC MAN. WONDERS THEY SAY SHALL NEVER END.

  • Oba Nyansani Baako Pe In Ghana! 11 years ago

    Agya ewiase bon, sede3 Asdiedu Nketiah the foolishman said " Any idiot can go to court" but now any foolish man can open BIBLE and quote from it.

    Oh! God have mercy on us. Anyway, this idiot has already perished.

  • oheneba 11 years ago

    any good judge will recuse himself on appointment of his nephew from a case he is the lead judge.He should do the noble thing amd leave or exist. The case here is could he be fair in his judgement.

  • KUDZ 11 years ago

    Desperate people behaved like this... NPP & AKUFFO ADDO knows that case is dead but, remember "all die be die" idea, this people just don't care what Ghana and the rest of world thinks... They are going forward with their vio ...
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  • Kufour 11 years ago

    Justice B.T. Aryeetey is on the Supreme court but the CJ ignored him and selected 5 NPP die hards.

  • Mobutu 11 years ago

    NPP ARE A BUNCH OF CONFUSED CHARACTERS.

  • Pocket Lawyer 11 years ago

    Illiterate scholars, they have defile every logic of common sense. We want peace in Ghana.
    For how long you want to drag Ghana name to attract this opprobium

  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    THIS IS SHEER STUPIDITY ON THE PART OF NPP. SOMEBODY'S OVERAMBITION, SELFISHNESS AND EMPTY POCKETS.

  • Blowman 11 years ago

    Justice Atuguba is a Supreme Court judge period. You cannot pick and choose who seats on a case. That is why there are 13 Supreme court judges and they all have one vote to decide in whose favour judgement should be given.
    M ...
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  • Blowman 11 years ago

    How did they pass through Law School if i may ask.
    They seem to know the Law but cannot apply common sence to it.
    Knowing that Kuffour appointed most of the judges as well as having more relations in the Supreme court than ...
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  • S.Dikaini 11 years ago

    That is what happens if educated people lack common sense and think that they can exhibit their talent to outwit the masses.Look at how all these huna huna is coming to an end.Shame on some of our intellectuals who take the p ...
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  • Okainjah Cowboy 11 years ago

    you are great man,

  • no name 11 years ago

    The NPPs are projecting their failure in court, so they can have someone to blame after the case is ruled against them, just as they started acusing the EC.soon they will begin saying the SC is corupt too. they have no case. ...
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  • CHRIS 11 years ago

    NPP SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NAME TO WWW CONFUSED.COM.

  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    ``Danquah - Busia NPP politicians often fraudulently claim to have titles, entitlements or affiliations which are ambiguous, misleading, or bogus.
     
    Danquah - Busia NPP politicians sociopathic politicians use deceit and m ...
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  • TNC 11 years ago

    Shamo,
    This is certainly not your work .

  • GA MAN 11 years ago

    The Ayew brothers were used to play for AFCON qualifiers by kwesi appiah and nyantekyi to qualify and dumped for the main tournament.OH ewurade kasa,kwesi appiah you knew there were not going to be picked for the AFCON in sou ...
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  • Paapsi 11 years ago

    Don't be Silly this is wrong accusation.

  • Sir. Richard 11 years ago

    Are they going to accept the verdict if it does not go in their way?
    We all want to see to the end of this problem as the country can move from this stagnation.

  • JAMES PEROVER 11 years ago

    THEY ARE PITYING NANA AKUFO ADDO WHO IS CRYING IN HIS HOUSE.THEY THINK ACCEPTING ANY CONDITIONS WILL CLOSE THE CASE IN THREE DAYS.THEY CALLED FOR THE TUNE LET THEM WAIT PATIENTLY FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS WHEN THE JUDGEMENT WILL BE ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    The longer the case drags, the worse it will be for both Mahama and the NPP. Mahama will be a president with question marks all over him. If he truly won the elections, he would want the case to be decided as soon as possible ...
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  • Bismarck Asare, USA 11 years ago

    My Question is, why should NPP rush to get a hearing on the case knowing in advance that there some concerns and objections on the constitution of the pannel of judges? They araised the concerns, they should resolve it before ...
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  • S.B.AGYAPONG 11 years ago

    I pray that the NPP supporters will realise that their leaders are deceiving them for their own personal greedy gains.NPP has lost the elections so what is all these time wasting court action?.

  • YAW BOATENG 11 years ago

    There are idots who still believe in them

  • MORASS,KUMASI 11 years ago

    OH NPP IS RUNING FROM THEIR OWN SHDADOWS.

  • Tom Bulu Kuuku 11 years ago

    Nana Addo´s greed for money and power and his essentially vicious nature led him to comit inexcusable blunders. This action no doubt will further dumpen his image

  • Blowman 11 years ago

    Time for the NDC and EC to also oppose the selection of all the judges appointed by Kuffour and the other three who are related to members of the NPP and let's see how they like it.

  • YAW BOATENG 11 years ago

    YES BECAUSE EC IS REQUESTING EVIDENCE FROM NPP ON THE POLLING STATIONS THEY SAY THERE WERE SOME IRREGULARITIES AND THEY SAY ITS ABOUT 4 THOUSAND POLLING STATIONS,EC WILL DEMAND DOCUMENTS AND PERSONAL EVIDENCE WHERE BY ALL THE ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

    A dog in Ghana walks into a butcher shop, spends a number of minutes looking at the meat on display, and eventually indicates with a nod of his head and a bark that he would like some lamb chops.

    The butcher, thinking the ...
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  • Blowman 11 years ago

    '' it's only a child that has already made up his mind about crying asks for the head of the crab''

  • Yaw T. 11 years ago

    Akyems are known to be litigants. Akuffo Addo is demonstrating that he is really an Akyem man. There is no sense whatsover in pursuing this court case, but Akuffo Addo being a born litigant would continue against all reasons.

  • Johnson Adjei 11 years ago

    Yaw T. you are the best and I commend you for that. Akyems are known to extremely litigants for sure,just look at their heads they are no good,they will spend their last cent to litigate no matter what and still lose.Akufo Ad ...
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  • DAN 11 years ago

    TRUE

  • Blowman 11 years ago

    ''By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed''

    ''You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla''

    ''Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.''
    ...
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  • AWUDU 11 years ago

    I really like all your quips; they are brilliant! And, quite honest and very apt.

  • Okainjah Cowboy 11 years ago

    you are too great,just change your name to "WISEMAN or GREATMAN" post more.

  • ERICUS-ERICUS 11 years ago

    WHAT DID THE NPP DO WRONG IN THIS CASE? IS IT NOT A NORMAL LAW PRACTICE? IF THEY NOW FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THAT PERSON IN QUESTION DOES NOT POSE THREAT TO THEM ANYMORE WHAT IS THE MATTER IN THIS CASE? THEY HAD A GOOD REASON TO ...
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  • Blowman 11 years ago

    The caps lock key is on the left hand side of the key board Sir. Don't be too lazy to use it.

  • GAWUKO 11 years ago

    'She also maintained that concerns expressed by the NPP with respective to a particular judge “have not changed”'.

  • Concern 11 years ago

    What NPP did is a strategy used by what I alone can interprete. Listen, They do not actually want that Justice to be removed, what they want is for that justice to put off any spectacle of bias. What NPP wanted to do has alre ...
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  • GENERAL DeGAULE 11 years ago

    Mrs Akuffo says their concerns about the Judge in question have not changed but they have rescinded their objection. Her hair extensions seem to be sapping her intelligence.

    Their objection whether in -camera or in publi ...
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  • Fo Dela 11 years ago

    am just confused like npp. dont no what to say

  • Fo Dela 11 years ago

    dont know what to say

  • AWUDU 11 years ago

    Listen to the NPP: objection in private is "...to avoid maligning the court and also embarrassing anybody." What crap! You have already embarrassed and maligned the court. Who doesn't know that it was Atuguba you were objecti ...
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  • GENERAL DeGAULE 11 years ago

    It dawned on them that there was no way they could have submitted a formal objection with justifiable grounds against Atuguba and then gloss over the fact that Gloria Akuffo herself is related to Sophia Akuffo.

    So to sav ...
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  • Zaga. 11 years ago

    I said the NPP was going to embark on a legal masquerade, treating us all with tedious but fancy leagal footwork with absolutely no substance. Didn't know the enornous implications before raising their objections. I think sin ...
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  • ATEABISA 11 years ago

    THEY KNOW NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! .THEY ONLY CARRY NAMES THEY THINK IS BIG IN GHANA -AKUFFO,AND SO WHAT? .

  • GOAHEAD 11 years ago

    NPP ARE JUST SORE LOSERS.

  • Osei Yao 11 years ago

    THE NPP LAWYERS WERE PUT OFF BY THE DEMAND TO PUT THEIR THOUGHTS ON PAPER. USED TO ONE LINER HEA0LINES ON RADIO TALK SHOWS, THEY ARE TOO LAZY TO SIT AND WRITE REASONED ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR OBJECTIONS, HENCE THE EASY PAT ...
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  • Nana Ba 11 years ago

    This gloria Akuffo is another dumbo! Where did she qualify as a lawyer? She is an embarrassment to the legal profession and she must be asked to go back to retrain.

  • KOLOOKO, JAPAN 11 years ago

    IT IS A FACT THAT NPP JUDGES ARE BLOCKHEADED AS ASSERTED BY ASIEDU NKETIA SOETIME AGO

  • KOLOOKO, JAPAN 11 years ago

    GLORIA AKUFFO DID YOU FOLLOW THE STATEMENT OF KOFI ABOTSI WELL?YOU SEE YOUR CONTRIBUTION WAS VERY BAD

  • Sunkwa 11 years ago

    It is normal legal maneouverings--don't read antything into it---it is only 'paper' lawyers who have problems with this--trial lawyers enjoy the 'huffs' & 'puffs'--its all part of trial proceedings.

  • Concern 11 years ago

    No it's not a U-TURN! What NPP did is a strategy used by what I alone can interprete. Listen, They do not actually want that Justice to be removed, what they want is for that justice to put off any spectacle of bias. What NPP ...
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  • Adelaide 11 years ago

    The Case Is Over. Wait and see. All they have is fraudulent evidence and they will be found out. They are already showing signs of lacking common sense.

  • tanko 11 years ago

    npp despiradoooooooo

  • Kofi Asaase- Asa----Mantukwa 11 years ago

    This is a wise decision and the reason given for such a decision is perfect.

    Let us consider a situation where the objection for the Justice's exclusion is upheld. Later the NDC attorneys turn around and object to, even , ...
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  • fernandes tuuka 11 years ago

    can someone explain how a political party can win majority seats in parliament and not the presidency? has that ever happened in your country before?

  • SARFO MOSES-TAIN 11 years ago

    I DREAMT A MINUTE AGO , nana THE ALL DIE BE DIE, AT ALL COST has accepted the results and ASKED NPP legal team to withdraw the case, because all die No be die AND probably comes back in the next lifetime to be PREZ OF afghan ...
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  • Akpaklika Mewua Lo Ode 11 years ago

    Possibly, somebody may have done the arithmetic right this time round for them. Six appointed judges by K4 as against 1 by JJ and 2 by Asomdwehene. If the six are sysmpathetic to their cause without any serious deliberations ...
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  • Quaye 11 years ago

    These are people foolish and useless idiots like Sarpong the dirty shoeshine rat is defending ans inciting tribal hatred on this site.Yaka gbemi! Who wants a foolish useless violent drug addict as president in this peaceful c ...
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  • ALUHUTI 11 years ago

    I AM DISAPPOINTED IN MY PARTY, IF WE DONT HAVE ANY CASE PLEASE DONT WASTE OUR TIME

  • KAMALRIDEEN IBN FARID BAGONLURI 11 years ago

    POLITICAL OBITUARY. As far as I am concerned NANA ADDO is politically dead.Because a dead goat is not scared of the knife,they are going to the supreme court for their burial rites to take place.AS he is fond of saying all DI ...
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  • John Dek 11 years ago

    The U-Turn is due to the Fire the NPP has set-up which was going to Consume them.
    The Fire is still smoking and will get back at them.
    They should listen to the Osibisa song agaian and again as there is no place to turn to

  • ASANTENIIBA 11 years ago

    REGARDLESS OF DOUBTS, TRUTHS, OPINIONS ETC, MAHAMA AND THE NDC STOLE THE ELECTIONS AND THAT NEEDS TO CORRECTED. PERIOD. WE WILL NOT SIT UNCONCERN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THERE CAN NEVER BE PEACE WITHOUT WAR SO AT THIS POINT WE HA ...
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  • Paapsi 11 years ago

    If Mahama and NDC stole the elections,why is the NPP objecting to NDC's decision to join the case.

  • MJK- UNITED KINGDOM 11 years ago

    SHAME

  • MightyOne 11 years ago

    The relevance of the Supreme Court will be at stake if judgement, based on verifiable evidence, is not given. This case is crucial to the survival of Ghana as a stable nation. It is important that the election results make ma ...
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  • kofi london 11 years ago

    we will finished all the ashantis.

  • Gawuga 11 years ago

    Why can't leave the court alone to decide on the case?

  • adom nyamekye isaac 11 years ago

    NPP must drop the entire case

  • anayomi 11 years ago

    FOR NOTHING NOT WHEN HIS OWN BROTHER IS MAHAMA RIGHT HAND MAN

  • DENNIS AVOY, Italy 11 years ago

    DISAPPOINTMENT IS WRITTEN ALL OVER THEIR FACES, THEY HAVE GIVEN RESTLESS DAYS AND NIGHTS TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT TOLD THE TRUTH TO THEIR SUPPORTERS. What did John:832 say?

  • ESI QK 11 years ago

    Perhaps, just perhaps a light has switched on in the skulls of some of the NPP leaders who are now begining to realize that they have embarked on a time wasting merry go round venture and therefore now want to shorten this ad ...
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  • BOY KOFI 11 years ago

    Nana Addo is isolated badly in the International Community,no world leader on his side.Even NPP is gradually distancing themselves with this case.Many NPP members want Nana Addo to go into the trail as an individual rather th ...
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  • MAJOR 11 years ago

    what has gone wrong with this NPP. The be must living in another planet.

  • KA AKYIRE 11 years ago

    MORE DISGRACE AND SHOCKING BEHAVIOR ARE ON THE WAY COMING, IT WILL BE ONLY THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW SHAME WILL CALL THEMSELVES NPP FOLLOWERS

  • New Sheriff in Town. 11 years ago

    The judge on the panel who openly threw tantrums without regard to the code of conduct has himself to blame. Bob Marley said "who the cap fits .....". Now the NPP by staying action on their objection have dealt a "psychologic ...
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  • Kofi kaakyire 11 years ago

    The NPP were asked to write officially objecting to the way of the Nine Justice have been group.
    I will want such a document in our Ghana Law reports for posterity sake.
    But all of a sudden a U turn.
    Is it that they can ju ...
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  • fernandes tuuka 11 years ago

    please may you all visit bbc website and and read an article with the heading (HOW TRIBALISM STUNTS AFRICAN DEMOCRACY)

  • Damdoo 11 years ago

    Five Surgeons were discussing the types of people they prefer to operate on.

    The first surgeon says:
    "I like to see Accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."
    The se ...
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