Lawyers force judges to take bribes - Dr Ampaw

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• Homeboy 12 years ago

  Why justify the criminal activity of judges

  Why justify the criminal activity of judges

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• 4 Year Old 12 years ago

  Dr. Ampaw, an officer of the court confesses to bribery by his colleagues? Waaaww!!

  Dr. Ampaw, an officer of the court confesses to bribery by his colleagues? Waaaww!!

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• Homeboy 12 years ago

  He is so corrupt, like the typical Ashanti

  He is so corrupt, like the typical Ashanti

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• OLD SOLDIER 12 years ago

  Author:...OBAA YAA...
  
  OOO FATHER FORGIVE HIM FOR HE KNOWS NOT WHAT HE IS DOING.
  A hallmark of any incompetency is an excuse, which by the way is a trademark for Mahama’s Administration an extension Mill’s inability to ...
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  Author:...OBAA YAA...
  
  OOO FATHER FORGIVE HIM FOR HE KNOWS NOT WHAT HE IS DOING.
  A hallmark of any incompetency is an excuse, which by the way is a trademark for Mahama’s Administration an extension Mill’s inability to perform until his untimely death. Here we go again, putting the plight of suffering Ghanaians into different motions. How long can we wait until you move to your fourth gear?

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• THE PEOPLE 12 years ago

  Besides Akan lawyers who are too proud to lose cases, most lawyers respect their status.

  Besides Akan lawyers who are too proud to lose cases, most lawyers respect their status.

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• Krikri,, 12 years ago

  When students are deliberately and cruelly failed in some of their papers and stringent measure are put in place to make sure they cannot challenge the results, I am not surprised one of their own is making this confession. W ...
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  When students are deliberately and cruelly failed in some of their papers and stringent measure are put in place to make sure they cannot challenge the results, I am not surprised one of their own is making this confession. What a Rotten country?

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• CHARCOAL SELLER. 12 years ago

  Dr. Ampaw's account is confusing, how can a crooked lawyer "force" a judge to take bribes if the judge isn't also corrupt? Somebody please help me to understand what this man is trying to say.

  Dr. Ampaw's account is confusing, how can a crooked lawyer "force" a judge to take bribes if the judge isn't also corrupt? Somebody please help me to understand what this man is trying to say.

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• Seth, UK 12 years ago

  My concern is; are these allegations opinion or fact. What I think can be done quickly is for the police to arrest who made these comments and then investigate asap. More so, the judicial service should take on these allegati ...
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  My concern is; are these allegations opinion or fact. What I think can be done quickly is for the police to arrest who made these comments and then investigate asap. More so, the judicial service should take on these allegations seriously to clear image if true or false from these damaging publicities.

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• Kwami - US 12 years ago

  Seth, you sound serious but funny though! You ascertained that the police should arrest whoever made allegations that are deemed to be serious. My question to you is: On whose favor are those arrests going to be effected? The ...
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  Seth, you sound serious but funny though! You ascertained that the police should arrest whoever made allegations that are deemed to be serious. My question to you is: On whose favor are those arrests going to be effected? The government, the police service, the judicial service, or the citizenry/taxpayers?

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• Seth, UK 12 years ago

  Look Kwami, in Ghana's favour would the arrest result because all the players you mentioned have impacts on the country. That's why I firstly hinted whether those comments were based on facts or opinion. Let's not assume noth ...
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  Look Kwami, in Ghana's favour would the arrest result because all the players you mentioned have impacts on the country. That's why I firstly hinted whether those comments were based on facts or opinion. Let's not assume nothing is practicable in Ghana. These are serious allegations that must be investigated by whoever is in their powers to do so - what makes this funny? Even if those in their responsibilities refuse to act, Kwami you and I by many ways can mount pressure. We cannot sit and stare only to complain that there is corruption and so doing corruption hears us and go away.

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• Tufuoantie 12 years ago

  And company were being burnt at the stakes? Let`s see how the GBA and the Judges & Magistrates Association will handle this 'hot potato'!

  And company were being burnt at the stakes? Let`s see how the GBA and the Judges & Magistrates Association will handle this 'hot potato'!

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• 123 12 years ago

  THERE NOTING BETTER THAN FACE TO FACE. EVERYBODY LIKE TIPS

  THERE NOTING BETTER THAN FACE TO FACE. EVERYBODY LIKE TIPS

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• kwasi 12 years ago

  shamfull act by some of ghana judges
  is realy bad

  shamfull act by some of ghana judges
  is realy bad

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• BENYIWA DOE(Rat Poison) 12 years ago

  My friend, this is not tips. its simply wickedness, and it means there re people in our prisons who are innocent of crime they haven't committed.

  My friend, this is not tips. its simply wickedness, and it means there re people in our prisons who are innocent of crime they haven't committed.

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• AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 12 years ago

  "HOLY SPIRIT" REVEALS ALL THE WRONG DOERS IN OUR BELOVED MOTHER LAND GHANA/AFRICA. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AMEN.

  "HOLY SPIRIT" REVEALS ALL THE WRONG DOERS IN OUR BELOVED MOTHER LAND GHANA/AFRICA. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AMEN.

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• Jake 12 years ago

  By their deeds shall they fall on their own swords.
  For the battle is of GOD

  By their deeds shall they fall on their own swords.
  For the battle is of GOD

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• Great 12 years ago

  Hey Don't say that, no one forces any one to take a bribe, is their choice to say NO ok. spare me that B-shit.

  Hey Don't say that, no one forces any one to take a bribe, is their choice to say NO ok. spare me that B-shit.

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• Afie kwanta boy 12 years ago

  this is an ongoing practices in Takoradi as judges taking money from lawyers and refusing to render judgement(s) over stealing of lands from the right persons.

  this is an ongoing practices in Takoradi as judges taking money from lawyers and refusing to render judgement(s) over stealing of lands from the right persons.

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• FMM 12 years ago

  DR MAURICE AMPAW IS A SECRET NPP LAWYER ATTENDING TESCON MEETINGS. GET AWAY THERE!

  DR MAURICE AMPAW IS A SECRET NPP LAWYER ATTENDING TESCON MEETINGS. GET AWAY THERE!

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• Are they at gun point? 12 years ago

  When your conscience is as weak as Ghanaian illiterate leaders. You commit a crime and assert blame on others.
  Question here is their due diligence? is it to serve the country and its people or negligence and any illiterate ...
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  When your conscience is as weak as Ghanaian illiterate leaders. You commit a crime and assert blame on others.
  Question here is their due diligence? is it to serve the country and its people or negligence and any illiterate will pick the later and I am sorry to say most Ghanaian leaders will take advantage of negligence.
  Most people are assigned a task without knowing the integrity that comes with it. They just go in with try and errors with cover up intent.
  What do this tell you about the election petition; whoever paid more money to supreme court won. And as I Ghanaian very ashamed to realize, our leaders lack knowledge.

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• Kwame (USA) 12 years ago

  IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

  IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

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• KK USA 12 years ago

  THE SO CALLED HOMEBOY WHERE FROM HIM HE IS A DISGRACE TO HIS PEOPLE SORRY TO SAY SUCH PEOPLE

  THE SO CALLED HOMEBOY WHERE FROM HIM HE IS A DISGRACE TO HIS PEOPLE SORRY TO SAY SUCH PEOPLE

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• KK USA 12 years ago

  YOU TALK WELL MY BROTHER THE MAN CAN BE YOUR FATHER OR EVEN MORE THAN HIM

  YOU TALK WELL MY BROTHER THE MAN CAN BE YOUR FATHER OR EVEN MORE THAN HIM

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• Osofo 12 years ago

  Nobody can force anybody to take a bribe

  Nobody can force anybody to take a bribe

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• MUF,ODAWNA 12 years ago

  MAURICE GASPING FOR BREATH; NO PETITION TO DISCUSS, GHANAIANS REFUSE TO LISTEN TO HIS INTERROGATION OF PETITION VERDICT-HE SUDDENLY REMEMBERS RAYMOND ATUGUBA'S BRUSH WITH THE GBA OVER A SIMILAR ALLEGATION-MAY BE THAT WOULD HE ...
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  MAURICE GASPING FOR BREATH; NO PETITION TO DISCUSS, GHANAIANS REFUSE TO LISTEN TO HIS INTERROGATION OF PETITION VERDICT-HE SUDDENLY REMEMBERS RAYMOND ATUGUBA'S BRUSH WITH THE GBA OVER A SIMILAR ALLEGATION-MAY BE THAT WOULD HELP HIM REMAIN RELEVANT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.

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• Abeeku Mensah 12 years ago

  Are Judges not Ghanaians and or any different from our so-called members of Parliament?
  The Ghanaian culture is one that is laced with bribery and corruptive instincts; it is not going to go away without vigilance from an el ...
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  Are Judges not Ghanaians and or any different from our so-called members of Parliament?
  The Ghanaian culture is one that is laced with bribery and corruptive instincts; it is not going to go away without vigilance from an elite group of auditors and elite security force. In our society, a man or woman who leaves a small town to take up a position of power at any job (private or public) is going to encounter people who are sent over to him by parents, relatives and or townsfolk who used to know the new big shot in town looking for work. The big shot cannot be honest even if he/she tried. They will become an embarrassment in their own hometown if they do not employ unemployable people sent over.
  Expectation forced upon these big shot is to make waves even with subordinate workers to find a place on the payroll for someone not deserving or a post not needed. This has been Ghana since independence. This is why there thousands of people who pledge allegiance to Kennedy Agyapong who now owns a radio station he uses to insult people while he serves in Ghana parliament representing morons from Assin Fosu; a town where once sensible people roamed. This is true for every damn village person who now has a pot to piss in at Ghana's civil service hierarchy.

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• Afua just 12 years ago

  So the judges are "compromised" not "comprised".

  So the judges are "compromised" not "comprised".

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• ponchio 12 years ago

  They did same to me at a family court in Tema, they frustrated me,humiliated me and also i lost my job in the process,arrested me and put me in cells whiles i was taking good care of my son,all because they collected bribe fr ...
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  They did same to me at a family court in Tema, they frustrated me,humiliated me and also i lost my job in the process,arrested me and put me in cells whiles i was taking good care of my son,all because they collected bribe from my sons step father whom my son is staying with cos he is married to my sons mother. At the end of two years of battle case now my son who is 8yrs old is living with his step father all because of bribes. SO I DONT TRUST OUR JUDICIAL SERVICE ANYMORE.Dr. Maurice Ampaw U ARE RIGHT AND GOD BLESS U FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

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• CHARCOAL SELLER. 12 years ago

  To Brother Ponchio and others who financially support children that do not reside with them, please remember to always pay in checks or Money orders, at the bottom of the checks/money orders, please state in small letters exa ...
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  To Brother Ponchio and others who financially support children that do not reside with them, please remember to always pay in checks or Money orders, at the bottom of the checks/money orders, please state in small letters exactly what the payment is about, keep a copy of the payment in a safe place for your protection against false charges of child neglect.
  
  Paying for child support in cash is always a mistake because without physical evidence, the judge has no way of knowing the truth, you could be jailed and forced to pay the whole thing again.
  
  Sorry to hear about your unfortunate ordeal, however, if you had handled your business correctly, you could have won your case easily. Best of luck going forward.

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• Ama 12 years ago

  So are the commenters here saying they think that this lawyer is lying and there could be no iota of truth in what he says? assuming he is even sympathetic to a particular party should what he says be dismissed out of hand wi ...
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  So are the commenters here saying they think that this lawyer is lying and there could be no iota of truth in what he says? assuming he is even sympathetic to a particular party should what he says be dismissed out of hand with insults. We are literally swimming in corruption every which way and instead of even discussing it we try to kill the messengers and continue our merry way in a car stuck in the first gear, weep for me my children -mother Ghana .

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• akoo-london 12 years ago

  I am disappointed to read this piece coming from no less a personality than Dr Ampaw. Judging from the premises he has no evidence to prove that judges take bribes. All that he is writing about is a prevsiling issue but this ...
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  I am disappointed to read this piece coming from no less a personality than Dr Ampaw. Judging from the premises he has no evidence to prove that judges take bribes. All that he is writing about is a prevsiling issue but this could not be defended anywhere when called to justify these claims. I was keen to read that DrAmpawhas coducted overt /covert investigation and hve found woeful bribery and corruption within the judicially. Do not get me wrong this canker is now a household word but does not mean that we should draw conclusions and use same brush to tag lawyers. Dr please come again with hard core evidence so that culprits would be brought to justice.

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• Osafo Kantanka 12 years ago

  I really find it hard to believe this.If this is true then the police should pay Dr Ampaw a visit right away.The chief justice should ask the police, BNI and the rest of the security apparatus to start enquiries immediately. ...
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  I really find it hard to believe this.If this is true then the police should pay Dr Ampaw a visit right away.The chief justice should ask the police, BNI and the rest of the security apparatus to start enquiries immediately.I do not want to believe this.I have a very high regard for our judges.

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• Philip 12 years ago

  It is establish fact that there is no justice in Ghana period.Never rely on these judges to give you fair judgement if you don't have money.

  It is establish fact that there is no justice in Ghana period.Never rely on these judges to give you fair judgement if you don't have money.

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• GEORGE UK 12 years ago

  I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE AND CAN PROVE IT, THAT SOME OF THESE JUDGES ARE SO CORRUPT ITS UNBELIEVABLE.HOW CAN A FAMILY LAND SINCE 1891 BE TURN OVER TO A TOTAL STRANGER IN THE YEAR 2012 TILL THE FAMILY TOOK THE CASE TO A HIGHE ...
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  I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE AND CAN PROVE IT, THAT SOME OF THESE JUDGES ARE SO CORRUPT ITS UNBELIEVABLE.HOW CAN A FAMILY LAND SINCE 1891 BE TURN OVER TO A TOTAL STRANGER IN THE YEAR 2012 TILL THE FAMILY TOOK THE CASE TO A HIGHER COURT AND WON THE CASE.MASSIVE CORRUPTION IS GOING ON

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• RAWLINGS 12 years ago

  RAWLINGS

  RAWLINGS

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• Ekuma 12 years ago

  Dr. Big mouth. Ur words stink like shit.
  
  Evidence of election irregularities can be found in the ANUS of the pink sheets and not the FACE. Go for it, u damn NPP twerp .Nonsense

  Dr. Big mouth. Ur words stink like shit.
  
  Evidence of election irregularities can be found in the ANUS of the pink sheets and not the FACE. Go for it, u damn NPP twerp .Nonsense

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• Temaboy 12 years ago

  Some lawyers in Ghana are bad and thieves. Watch out for this lawyer in Ghana known as Lawyer Alexandra Graham,

  Some lawyers in Ghana are bad and thieves. Watch out for this lawyer in Ghana known as Lawyer Alexandra Graham,

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• JOE 12 years ago

  A brother of mine, a medical practitioner was victimized by the Ghana Health Service through indefinite suspension without salary.This was somebody subjected to viscious atrocities by the medical director of the hospital who ...
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  A brother of mine, a medical practitioner was victimized by the Ghana Health Service through indefinite suspension without salary.This was somebody subjected to viscious atrocities by the medical director of the hospital who reportedly said he was going to ensure my brother is expelled from the profession.Low and behold the medical director of effia nkwanta hospital got the Ghana Health Service dubiously suspend my brother indefinitely on grounds of mental ill-health without salary.My brother filed a case in Accra High Court through his lawyer.The lawyer who obviously was in bed with Ghana Health Service dragged the case for almost a year.The one instance he appeared in court with my brother was a witness of shame and redicul to this country's justice system.The lawyer takes him to a female judge in isolation who dismisses the case of the complainant in less than two minutes on grounds of beureucratic procedures involving the filing process.No single sole appeared from the Ghana Health Service despite entering conditional appearance after 6 good months following my brothers suit.The lawyer wouldn't go in for summary judgement for 6 good months despite Ghana Health Service not filing a defense.The case was never displayed on the notice board of the court and was never heard.On the day my brother went to collect his file from him,a lawyer my brother hired and paid without salary told my brother authorities at Ghana Health Service told him he was 'loud mouth' and they have been hunting for him for years happy to have gotten him now.The lawyer boldly added a chilling revelation that they have been instances where people with genuine cases have had justice turned against them in an attempt to seek justice and now languishing in jail for years.A whole host of them played similar tricks by taking up the case and sitting on it to render it redundant in favor of Ghana Health Service who are aware they indeed victimized my brother to cover up the rot in that institution.My brother was dubiously tagged with a mental illness,indefinitely suspended without salary for a year now.He had his life even threatened a number of times when he filed the case prompting him to petition the Inspector General of Police for a police inquiry into his case.Justice in Ghana is now for the rich and powerful the very people usually involved in some heinous,oppressive crimes against humanity.

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• Osei Yao 12 years ago

  What an ingenious explanation! Are these judges automatons incapable of deciding what is right or wrong? Dr Ampaw is doing a disservice to the judiciary by implying that only morons are appointed judges.

  What an ingenious explanation! Are these judges automatons incapable of deciding what is right or wrong? Dr Ampaw is doing a disservice to the judiciary by implying that only morons are appointed judges.

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• ALHAJIA 12 years ago

  IF YOU HAVE TO BRIBE JUDGES TO BE ON YOUR SIDE, WHERE IS THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE? THE LAW IS THERE TO CORRECT WRONG.IF THESE OFFICERS OF LAWS ARE THE ONE BREAKING IT, GOD HELP GHANA.

  IF YOU HAVE TO BRIBE JUDGES TO BE ON YOUR SIDE, WHERE IS THE RULE OF LAW AND JUSTICE? THE LAW IS THERE TO CORRECT WRONG.IF THESE OFFICERS OF LAWS ARE THE ONE BREAKING IT, GOD HELP GHANA.

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