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Justice has not been done; I am disappointed - Atta Akyea

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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    it is what you say and when you say it... you were a disservice to your client.

  • KK 10 years ago

    LISTEN TO THE FOOL AGAIN

  • POP 10 years ago

    WHY DID YOU EVEN GO TO COURT AT THE FIRST PLACE?

  • don`t care !!! 10 years ago

    just look @ this monkey 2!you corrupted minded bush people & moral corrupted mentalities think you can turn the whole ghana to a lawless bush land?

    Hmmm!If the strong man has nothing else, he can at least command others.

  • PAUL 10 years ago

    I am not a lawyer but I can say with all the conviction that the advocacy of Hon Atta Akyea was very porous and even made the judges angry before his client could talk. Of course his client made things no better by his bellig ...
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  • GRACE 10 years ago

    ATTA THE IDIOT!!!!! THE NPP LAWYERS IN COURST SHOULD HAVE HANDLED THIS CASE. YOU ARE SUCH AN ARROGANT IDIOT AND THE CAUSE OF THIS GUY GOING TO JAIL. GO AND PAY ADOM THE MONEY U STOLE FROM HIM. BLOODY IDIOT!!!!!

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  • Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 10 years ago

    Atuguba is bastardizing the Judiciary with his implementation of Sharia laws in the country .

    He has turned the supreme court into a prosecutor and the judge contrary to the tenets of the 1992 constitution.

    It is really ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    Paul, you couldn't have said it better!

  • Willam 10 years ago

    Not the first dissappointment and certainly not the last for him if he fails to learn from the past!

  • Nii Yaw 10 years ago

    I wish I could read more views such as yours on this forum - nice one.

  • things falling in line 10 years ago

    WHY, EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR WE NEED A SCAPE GOAT TO DO AWAY WITH THIS LOOSE TALKERTIVES, AND YOUR CLIENT HAS MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS THAT CAN IMPLICATE HIM, TO BE SENTENCED, AND YOU STOOD ONLY ON THE CAPTION OF THE ARTICLE AND ...
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  • things falling in line 10 years ago

    YOU FAILED YOUR CLIENT PERIOD.

  • things falling in line 10 years ago

    EITHER YOU NEVER READ THE FULL CONTEXT OF YOUR CLIENT PRONOUNCEMENT, OR YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES.

  • Aduanaba 10 years ago

    U two (Atta Akyea & Kurankye) have no finesse at all. In the middle of such a big case why wouldn't you apologise so we concentrate and progress???
    I hope there ll never be another shot in the foot by gathering party people ...
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  • COS 90 10 years ago

    BOGUS LAWYER, ATTA AKYEA PRODUCE YOUR CERTIFICATE.

  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    pepeni after appointing mainly his alajih incompetent idiots is again lying saying winner takes all is unfortunate , the hypocrisy is unbelievable and very insulting. he is leading Ghana on a roller-coaster straight to war an ...
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  • ASARE 10 years ago

    LAWYERS WILL NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT

  • moyo 10 years ago

    What do you understand by justice?

  • Goza Go Toro 10 years ago

    The house fly is never covered/buried with the corpse. This lawyer of yesterday only depeened the grave of that journalist!!!!!!!!!!

  • kay 10 years ago

    atta kyea is a disgrace. A well educated person lyk you; tryin to defend ken who wants to undermyn the highest court of our land. He deserve more dan 10 days cos ken & atta wer ponpous to apologise. Am ashamed of atta kyea. A ...
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  • SALIM 10 years ago

    U BETER SHUT UP THE FUCK U MISLEAD PEOPLE ANY TIME U OPEN YOUR STINKING PIT RIGHT BELOW YOUR NOSE

  • KK 10 years ago

    JUST LISTEN TO HIM AGAIN

  • OBURONIBA FITAFITA 10 years ago

    The court should have given the case to the AG. With their intimidating presence the defender was in no easy position to express himself. It was very disappointing because the SC is seen as the last against the wall for appe ...
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  • KOFI KOFI 10 years ago

    YOU FAILED TO ADVICE YOUR CLIENT WELL BECAUSE OF YOUR ARROGANCY. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN JAILED. I'M SUPPORTING NPP COURSE BUT NOT THE POSTURE YOU PUT UP IN COURT. MAY BE YOU SAUGHT TO IMPRESS YOU ARE A TOUGH LAWYER BUT YOU HAVE ...
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  • ODIKRO 10 years ago

    GHANA YOUTH SHOULD BE MINDFUL THAT SO CALL MY PARTY LAWYER WILL SPEAK FOR IS OVER NOW.THESE GUY HAS BEEN SHIELDED FAR TOO LONG AND MANY MORE THINKING THAT AFTER IF SPEAK MY MIND ANY HOW MY PARTY LAWYECR THIS LAWYER THAT WILL ...
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  • okofo 10 years ago

    The judges didn't follow a due process. In the case of Ken Korankye, when did expression of opinion in editorial piece become criminal offence?

    The judges are just mindful of their EGO rather than the constitution.

    So, ...
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  • NANA KUFUOR 10 years ago

    Look at Atta Akyea, the swindler and dead body distributor should shut his smelling mouth or he will also be sent to Nsawam.

  • Kakraba Cromwell 10 years ago

    When lawyers like you encourage people to ferment trouble in Ghana you then come out to complain!
    Twiaaaaaaaaa next time I wish your clients are given 100years, that should teach them a lesson

  • Yaw Amofa 10 years ago

    Ata Akyea was stripped bare in the Supreme Court, he justices made him to look like a legal neophyte. After all he is not the legal giant that he is touted to be.

  • Sarkodie 10 years ago

    Ata akyea you could have lost the case for your client by doing more than what you did. You have disgraced your reputation and profession you stand for. You did disservice to Ken Kuranchie. At least uou could have put up a ...
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  • Atinga Kobla Atongo 10 years ago

    THIS IS A JOKE AND ABSOLUTE INTIMIDATION, WHICH IS A RECIPE FOR DESTROYING FREE SPEECH.
    SOME OF THIS JUSTICE'S HAVE THEIR HIDDEN AGENDA.
    WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH? IS THIS DEMOCRACY? I DON'T THINK SO!
    ESPECIALLY W ...
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  • JACK 10 years ago

    Master, you are rather the joker in this sence. You call this free speach and ask where is the democracy? You really have to know the differences betwen free speach and democracy. I think democracy does not mean speaking irre ...
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  • SAMIA 10 years ago

    WHERE DID YOU EVER LEARN THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH MEANT YOU SHOULD OPEN YOU MOUTH AND MAKE VERY STUPID UTTERANCES.I WONT BLAME YOU,COS YOU ARE IGNORANT. GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

  • THE ROCK 10 years ago

    Ataa Akyea is 100% right.The SC have now turn to police, prosecutor,jury and judge.This is bad for ghana.

  • okofo 10 years ago

    Judges must STOP being arbitrary!!
    Freedom of speech is enshrined in our constitution and it must be respected!!

    Judges insult, intimidate, take a stance on issues freely, yet they think they have the right to stop other ...
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  • Nyansasem 10 years ago

    We have an idiot and thug that sits on the SC who will not even allow any of his peers to speak. In his bigoted mind, Ken Kuranchie was guilty before proven innocent.

    What an idiot and tribal bigot.

  • kofi 10 years ago

    humble yourself in court you will be raise, you raise yourself in court you will be humble God should contnuien to grant the judges of sc wisdom to put people such us ken kuranchie and his lawyer at the right place

  • ********** 10 years ago

    I watched the proceedings and even though I am not a lawyer, I must say that I did not see any justice being done in the trial.
    Much as we would not like people to show disrespect to the SC, it is worth mentioning that the j ...
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  • okofo 10 years ago

    Atuguba is a disgrace: the man cannot even be shrewd enough on impatialilty.

  • Manny Jnr. 10 years ago

    You were a disservice to your client. The court system is innately adversorial and your remit was to engage your client in showing contrition while maintaining his professional journalistic standards. You managed to achieve n ...
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  • K.K Amponsah 10 years ago

    How I wish the sentence this Idiot too
    trying to defend unreasonable people

  • $£?k?? 10 years ago

    Greetings Mr Atinga Kobla Atongo. Any one is free to put their naked hands in fire, but it takes wisdom to know that when you put your naked hands in fire, it will burn you. For every action there is an equal ,and opposit rea ...
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  • Adwoa 10 years ago

    Atta, you caused your client to go to jail. your ill advised him and your eagerness to have a moment of fame failed hopelessly. What a shame.

  • Tikobo Ali 10 years ago

    Fool you can.t beat that 10days and 3days in face of SCJ the. Atta you try this is Ghana Atta Ball Game

  • emm 10 years ago

    ARE THE JUDGES GOING TO JAIL EVERY GHANAIANS WHO SPEAKS OR WRITES AGAINST THEIR JUDGEMENT.THIS IS SERIOUS.GHANAIANS SHOULD THINK AGAIN.

  • Kofi UK 10 years ago

    You are right. They are behaving like dictators. They would not follow proper procedure and behaving like they are above the law. They should realize that it was democracy that made them judges. They should not forget that Du ...
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  • Yaw UK 10 years ago

    Kofi UK - I dare you to intimate a judge in an ongoing court petition of being biased in a UK newspaper and see what happens. Go on I dare you...even try it on Twitter or Facebook - when you get out come back to GW and tell u ...
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  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    You have made a very valid and significant point for those who sit in the West and mistakenly think they know what "freedom of expression" is. We have seen individuals in the UK punished for sending or posting offensive comme ...
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  • Gaana 10 years ago

    Kofi you are right. The average Ghanaian,including those power drunk, confused and coward judges,can't even think.
    To prove my point just take some time and read through some of these comments people,who claim to be of intel ...
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  • Zaga 10 years ago

    I think Ken Kourankyie should have been given at least 30 days in jail and not 10. Atubiga should have been set free because he showed total remorse for his mistake and demonstrated that he had learned his lessons, probably a ...
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  • Goza Go Toro 10 years ago

    Never mind the 10 days period is meant for him to taste the environment. Surley he will go for 10 years next time and learn the real lessons of civilised society.

  • George Best. 10 years ago

    OH I SEE, IS THIS HOW GHANA IS GOING TO DO IT? THERE WILL SURELY BE FOLLOW-UPS. THE SUPREME COURT IN GHANA NOW CALLS OFFENDERS OF THE SAME PANEL AND IMPOSE SENTENCES ON THEM WITHOUT GIVEN THEM FAIR HEARINGS. GEORGE BEST IS OF ...
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  • Buck 10 years ago

    He was heard and he screwed that up with his incompetent lawyer. Why does everyone think Ghanaians are stupid - because you live in the civilised world of uncivilised people. Is it ok to call a judge biased because you edit a ...
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  • George Best. 10 years ago

    NO ONE SUPPORTS CONTEMPTUOUS STATEMENTS, THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TRIAL PROCEDURE, WAS HE ALLOWED TO DEFEND HIMSELF NORMALLY? WE DON`T WANT THIS TO BE THE NORM IN GHANA.

  • Dela 10 years ago

    Why capitulate???

    You would have lost this battle, but could have easily won an important war.

  • Madness. kumasi 10 years ago

    YOU HAVE PUT THIS MAN IN TROUBLE AND YOU COME OUT AND TALK THIS SHIT! JUST SHUT UP ATAA OR WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELF!

  • GENERAL DeGAULE 10 years ago

    Despite the lack of due process, maybe it is the way to do it in Ghana in order to put a stop to all the side commentaries which are disrupting the Supreme Court proceedings. In my view the open letters by Arthur Kennedy and ...
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  • SOLUTION MASTER 10 years ago

    YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE LEARNED. BETTER APOLOGISE TO YOUR CLIENT, ALL YOUR FELLOW LEARNED AND THE JUDGES FOR YOUR SHAMEFUL DISPLAY. IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY, DONT FORGET TO APOLOGISE TO THEM.

  • lawteacher 10 years ago

    keep quiet otherwise you will follow your client.do not forget of the provisions of L.I 613. read before going to court otherwise holding the case without reading it can not help you.

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  • Kojo 10 years ago

    It is not the SC that sent Ken Koranchie to Nsawam but rather it was the "too known" and arrogant Atta Akyea who sent him there.
    If Ken had just swallowed his pride and apologized to the SC just like Sammy Awuku did, he woul ...
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  • KURENCHIE 10 years ago

    Ataa Akyea is a useless lawyer. Anybody who would go in for him in future will surely lose his or her case. He foolishly led Ken Kurenchie into prison and he himself is walking freely.

  • Nana Yaw 10 years ago

    Stop the insult and have your save in a civil way

  • Meo 10 years ago

    Atta Akyea should now know that he has placed a heavy burden on his head. How come a lawyer of his statute could not read between the lines? Ken's defence was baseless and not necessary. He should have gone on his knees strai ...
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  • baaba kofi 10 years ago

    atta you dont know anything in law stupid fool. You can go to hell.

  • Honestman 10 years ago

    Any idiot who graduates from the law school thinks he can defend any case in court, especially at the SC. And this is what Attah Akyea who has all along been showing off in lower courts sought to do and he was put in his righ ...
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  • peepee 10 years ago

    Much as i do not condone to irresponsible speech, i think the truth has to be told all the time no matter the circumstance or occasion. The SC Judges should also not pretend to be above the law. They should stop using phrases ...
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  • akami 10 years ago

    u didnt advice ken well n are here speaking rubbish? hmmmm may God forgive u

  • yaw 10 years ago

    you should be disappointed in yourself you are a bad leader(lawer)when is red you say its blue sham

  • Sipole 10 years ago

    Just take a look at the dressing of your client before the Supreme Court. Aren't you ashamed of yourself. Why did you allow him to dress so shabbily before the Judges? At least he could have worn a Jacket or a tie to represen ...
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  • Kofi Abotsi 10 years ago

    Please yourself, Atta Akyea. Did you think Ken Kuranchie was ordered to appear before the court for a concert party? You in no small way contributed to the outcome of events.

  • KWADWO OWUSU 10 years ago

    Atta Akyea, It is incredible that you are here talking about your disappointment over the conviction of your client. You must be disappointed in yourself for the pathetic legal advice you gave to your client.

    If you know ...
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  • NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

    I was entirely surprised and disgusted about the manner in which Atta Akyea ponpously approached the bench. His posture was as though he wanted his client to go to jail. I wondered why Kuranchie would pick such a lawyer to de ...
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  • nAMEwITHHELD 10 years ago

    ATTA AKYEA, YOU KYEA PAAAAAAAA . YOU DID NOT KNOW YOUR CLIENT WAS ALREADY CHARGED. ME SEF AM NOT A LAWYER BUT I KNEW THE COURT HAD ALREADY LEVELED CHARGES OF CONTEMPT AGAINST HIM.

  • NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

    MY VIEW IS THAT AKYEA CAUSED KURANCHI TO GO TO JAIL. SOMETIMES, LAWYERS' ACTIONS OR INACTIONS LEAD TO WORSE SENTENCES FOR THEIR CLIENTS.
    I was entirely surprised and disgusted about the manner in which Atta Akyea ponpously a ...
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  • NANDOS 10 years ago

    you don't know what you are talking about THE SENTENCING WILL BE PLACED ON HIS RECORD.

  • NANDOS 10 years ago

    WHEN HE COMES OUT HE SHOULD ADD TO HIS CV EX CONVICT

  • agbanyo k.k 10 years ago

    this man called att-akyea, shld live the judges alone,they think their are the learner lawyers in the country, they always and always blame everything, very soon nana addo wld be blame.

  • Kofi Lawyer 10 years ago

    Cases are tried in court, not anywhere, Not in parliament, not in the president office and definately not in advocators' (lawyers) chambers. You dont have what makes a laywer, Atta

  • Ayat 10 years ago

    The judges have done what is good for the country.there is no disappointment in this.

  • James 10 years ago

    You mean conviction and sentence for criminal contempt would not constitute a blemish on one's record? So you misled the man to put up that posture in court. Note that he has forever turned an ex-convict.

  • NANA APINTOHENE 10 years ago

    Ken and his defence team must be applauded for their courage. Their brief was not to challenge the authority of the Supreme Court, but purposefully to seek clarity on a rather ambiguous contempt directives. Experts on legal t ...
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  • NII LAWRENCE 10 years ago

    Look at his dirty rat race face! A thief and a criminal! This foolish idiot is talking about justice! What has he done to the contractor who took him to court? A dirty fraudster like you Atta-Akyea! You are a mother fucker id ...
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  • kofi Daniel 10 years ago

    We thought you were mr know. all, i instead of pleading for your client you took a chance to challenge your lordships, hope you never get to be a judge with this attitude. stop crying foul, you bafone

  • AWOH 10 years ago

    is thatthe lawyers premper and addo can churn out WHAT A SHAME

  • Judgement Day 10 years ago

    The judgement day is fast approaching and people's **??? will be exposed one by one. Ghanaians have taken things for granted and we need the Justice system to correct the rot. Ghana will succeed.

  • Professor A.B. Assensoh 10 years ago

    That was swift justice, not "I put to you, I put to you" justice. Supreme Court had the right to punish contemnors, just as U.S. Judges or Justices can do. Atta Akyeaa is wrong!

  • mansa 10 years ago

    he shd ve pleaded.it pays to say sorry

  • SUNDIATA KEITA 10 years ago

    this is worse than gaging orders. this is a bad day in the ghanaian justice system. freedom of speech is dead!!!

  • Burger `P`Germany 10 years ago

    It is unfortunate that you as a lawyer was made to shut up in court,because you were afraid of the giants of the S.C.Your client has been jailed and whether his sentence will or not be placed on his reocrd plays no important ...
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  • Andison 10 years ago

    You must be sick in your brains to have thought that you will rise to fame through this stupid act of misleading the judges through your interpretation. Even a JHS Student could give a correct interpretation of Ken contemptuo ...
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  • Osei Tutu 10 years ago

    Useless and pompous lawyer.NPP lawyers are pieces of shit. Go back to Tsatsu to refresh your memories or retire to your cocoa farms.

  • Pink sheet 10 years ago

    ...Get away there!

  • Paul Amuna 10 years ago

    Barrister Akyea, what is the
    "confusion" you were referring to when you addressed the panel of judges? Did they not have to warn you that you were attempting to "defend the indefensible"? You did an extremely poor job (1/10) ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 10 years ago

    Ata Akyea is a bad lawyer-

    now we are seeing the badnuts in the law professions-without backdoors he cannot win any case

  • NANA APINTOHENE 10 years ago

    Ken and his defence team must be applauded for their courage and assertiveness in confronting the current debate squarely. Their brief was not to challenge the SUPREME COURT but purposefully to seek clarifications on the ambi ...
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  • Bright 10 years ago

    He should have been given 30 days, Atta Akyea should have known better.

  • PRINCE 10 years ago

    You were too clueless a lawyer, to the extend that you don't even know how mightier the Supreme Court of our land is. neither is it your fault or Ken, but the fault of Nana Addo who you 2 are getting inspiration from.

  • AKYIA 10 years ago

    You would want a playback of what happened at the Supreme Court yesterday. When Atugiba was called into the box Justice ATUGUBA created a hilarious atmosphere which made me think that he was going to spare the gentleman. The ...
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  • 888888888888 10 years ago

    Can some1 tell me something about freedom of speech or are we sitting down to be afraid to tell the truth? KEN is HEROO I WILL ALWAYS support him, Fire burn the soo call 9 WHAT WHAT

  • ManBelhomme 10 years ago

    Poor Atta, you acted like an ant trying to push an elephant. Your client could have done better to save his head from the gallows. He is langusihing now in a ten day prison term but your reputation has been dented so much so ...
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  • NAA4U 10 years ago

    YOUR POSTURE CAUSED THE SENTENCE OF YOUR CLIENT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW. IN FACT YOU JAILED KEN KURANCHIE AND ATUBIGA. HAD IT NOT BEEN YOU, THE JUSTICES WOULD HAVE BEEN LENIENT WITH THE TWO BUT YOUR POSTURE ANGERED THEM TO JAI ...
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  • sampson 10 years ago

    the lawyer fails u ken.

  • Abaawa 10 years ago

    suprem court should do their work

  • Nicholas 10 years ago

    Ken judgement was too mile. It should been more. People should not take our judiciary system for joke.

  • nii awudome 10 years ago

    why ten days one year wil have been okay

  • nii awudome 10 years ago

    why ten days e year wil have been okay.

  • Look 10 years ago

    Matherfucker,you are the one who pushed him to prison. Just because you think you are wise. Damn,you're far from being wise. I suggest to you that you're fucking arrogant on the face of your stipid PINK SHEET. And they should ...
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  • Nana 10 years ago

    Atta Akyea's actions yesterday should serve as a guide to every Ghanaian. He was very arrogant and rude to the judges and this contributed to athe 10 days sentenced imposed on ken kuranchi who was equally arrogant

  • Gaana 10 years ago

    Kofi you are right. The average Ghanaian,including those power drunk, confused and coward judges,can't even think.
    To prove my point just take some time and read through some of these comments people,who claim to be of intel ...
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  • Gyekye 10 years ago

    The bench explained that Kens statement purported that they were bias and partial, without giving any tangible reason for his vilifications of the bench. The Judges had stated clearly that "anyone who crosses the final touchl ...
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  • mahama must come clean 10 years ago

    USELESS NDC ARE GOOD FOR CORRUPTION,CHOP CHOP,CORRUPTS GHANIANS AND TAKE GHANA BACK,THATS IS ALL THEY CAN DO,NOT THE LAW,FOOLS