Atuguba Can’t Hide His Pro-NDCism & Anti-NPPism

*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, PhD

WILLIAM ATUGUBA: Counsel, what is your name

PHILIP ADDISON: Philip Addison, My Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: Yes, my name is Philip Addison, my Lord

ATUGUBA: I said overruled; where do you come from

ADDISON: I am a full-blooded Akan, My Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, I am a Ghanaian, My Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled; what are you doing in this court

ADDISON: I am representing the NPP, My Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, I mean Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia and Obetsebi-Lamptey

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: Yes, I am representing all three, my Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, is this the Supreme Court of Ghana

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: Are you Justice Atuguba, My Lord

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, this is partisanship

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, is overrule only your legal vocabulary

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord this is partisanship and bias

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: This means that you are rather ANTI-NPP & PRO-NDC

ATUGUBA: You are overruled; we are going for recession

ADDISON: My Lord, for how long

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

ADDISON: My Lord, I say you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP

ATUGUBA: You are overruled

*Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained oral historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in Pennsylvania with her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college in Maryland. In her pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist hyperbolic, satirical” poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com. My poems and essays on Ghanaweb and elsewhere must not be reproduced in full or in part for any academic or scholarly work without my written permission.