Kwesi Pratt Ought to Know Better

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Joseph 12 years ago

The fact is both Kwesi Prat and Tsatsu are both stupid NDC men. I don't undertand why Prat invited only Tsatsu to that program. When Tsatsu was disgracefully saying those nonsense things about Anim Yeboah, foolish Prat was no ...
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The fact is both Kwesi Prat and Tsatsu are both stupid NDC men. I don't undertand why Prat invited only Tsatsu to that program. When Tsatsu was disgracefully saying those nonsense things about Anim Yeboah, foolish Prat was nodding in agreement without challenging Tsatsu. Yet a foolish person like Kwesi prat should not have been allowed to host such a program but for the fact that TV stations are just after money.
insight to the bone 12 years ago

Finally the npp listen and we have ken agyapong a true Akan price soon to be King , now all that we need is for Sir John to be his running mate and we are set for peace or war . we shall fight in the hills and in the valleys ...
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Finally the npp listen and we have ken agyapong a true Akan price soon to be King , now all that we need is for Sir John to be his running mate and we are set for peace or war . we shall fight in the hills and in the valleys , on the seas and in the heavens but we shall never surrender to these pepeni and ayigbe corrupt criminals . our children will never be second class citizens in their own country . from these sad miserable rivers of pepeni Babylon we shall be delivered and freedom shall forever be ours . long live the republic of Akan
Left Critic 12 years ago

The white racist calls you nigger. You call your fellow citizen pepeni and the like. Your pathetic echo of Churchill cannot hide your stupidity and inability to see the similarity. I am also an Akan, but I will not join your ...
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The white racist calls you nigger. You call your fellow citizen pepeni and the like. Your pathetic echo of Churchill cannot hide your stupidity and inability to see the similarity. I am also an Akan, but I will not join your republic of homeland racists.
insight to the bone 12 years ago

you must be nzema or brong

you must be nzema or brong
Koo Okonjo 12 years ago

Joseph, your "intelligent" NPP thugs have always found Tsatsu Tsikaka a very "hard nut to crack" in the law courts, then it means that they may be more "stupid" than Tsatsu

Joseph, your "intelligent" NPP thugs have always found Tsatsu Tsikaka a very "hard nut to crack" in the law courts, then it means that they may be more "stupid" than Tsatsu
Nana Akyea Mensah, The Odikro. 12 years ago

OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

My dear grandson,

You need to know that the NPP did not only pour talcum powder on Mr. Kwesi Pratt, Jnr. They also carried him on their shoulders when he and the late ...
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OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

My dear grandson,

You need to know that the NPP did not only pour talcum powder on Mr. Kwesi Pratt, Jnr. They also carried him on their shoulders when he and the late Professor Albert Adu-Boahen were being tried by the Public Tribunal for daring to demand a constitutional rule for Ghana!

By your own confessions at the time Mr. Pratt was being jailed and beaten, you were hiding under your mother's bed under the assumed name of Togbe Sri II!

I was one of those who consistently opposed the Public Tribunals from the beginning to the end. And I can tell you that Mr. Pratt made enormous and courageous sacrifices to ensure that the respect for the rule of law is enshrined in our body politic.

It is the political and unprincipled witch-hunting initiated by the Kufour Administration that led to the illegal imprisonment of Tsatsu. We all know Kufour repented for his sins before leaving office, by giving a Presidential pardon.

It must also be instructive, that Mr. Tsikata refused the pardon and sought to clear his name in the courts through due process, which he successfully accomplished. It is only a genuine fool who would call such a person an ex-convict!

What prevents Justice Anin-Yeboah from clearing his name? Does his appointment in June 2008 to the Supreme Court tell you anything about the attempt by the Kufuor Administration to play politics with the Judiciary? Was Tsatsu not jailed on the 18th of June, 2008?

Mr. Pratt is a well-known advocate for the respect of human rights and the rule of law. and I believe he had good reasons to ask the questions he posed to Mr. Tsikata. I also know Mr. Tsikata as a brilliant and responsible lawyer was fully aware of the import of his statements.

It will take more than silly articles of this nature to undermine the import of what they want to put across. It is ridiculous to hear the NPP finding fault with the verdicts of some Justices whilst leaping at the defence of others.

Tsatsu gave his reasons for singling out Justice Anin-Yeboah. It is up to him to clear the air or charge him with contempt. This is no matter for any Tom, Dick, and Okampa to run their mouths with silly commentaries!

Sincerely,

Pur'gu Saarpe! Esq.,
Secretary to The Odikro.
Abrewanana 12 years ago

"It must also be instructive, that Mr. Tsikata refused the pardon and sought to clear his name in the courts through due process, which he successfully accomplished."

Are u saying Tsatsu continued to stay in jail after the ...
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"It must also be instructive, that Mr. Tsikata refused the pardon and sought to clear his name in the courts through due process, which he successfully accomplished."

Are u saying Tsatsu continued to stay in jail after the pardon, and only left after "successfully" clearing his name through due process? Maybe my memory is corroded, so please give me some details on this - dates, what court, the presiding judge, etc.
Nana Akyea Mensah, The Odikro. 12 years ago

OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
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Hello Abrewanana,

Please learn how to use the internet. In this Information Age, it is a shame to hear people complaining about "corroded memory"!

Read this and tr ...
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OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

Hello Abrewanana,

Please learn how to use the internet. In this Information Age, it is a shame to hear people complaining about "corroded memory"!

Read this and try to find out what happened next yourself. If you don't know how to google, ask a friend to help you! I may come back to help you out if I have the time:

Tsatsu Tsikata Returns To Court To Clear His Name
Jul 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Court of Appeal on Monday July 4 resurrected the nine-year-old legal tussle between the former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, and the State.

The Supreme Court had ruled in that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is not immune from Ghana’s judicial processes.

The immunity or otherwise of the IFC was in contention following Mr. Tsikata’s request that the corporation be invited to testify in the case in which he had been charged with three counts of wilfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state through a loan he, on behalf of the GNPC, guaranteed for Valley Farms, a private cocoa producing company, and another count of misapplying GH¢2,000 in public property.

On June 18, 2008, Mr. Tsikata was found guilty and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each count to run concurrently but he was pardoned in December 2008 by former President J.A. Kufuor.

Mr. Tsikata, however, rejected the pardon, but prison officials refused his request to stay in prison to fight his cause to the end.

At the Appeal Court’s sitting in Accra on Monday, the Court had to order its Registry to furnish the Attorney-General with the corrected versions of the records of proceedings after the Chief Prosecutor and Mr. Tsikata disagreed over whether or not the records had mistakes which were yet to be corrected.

The panel presided over by Mr. Justice S.O. Kanyoke did not fix any date to hear the case.

Mr. Tsikata had contended that “the 2008 verdict was unreasonable and could not be supported by the evidence”.

He is therefore seeking an order to set aside the judgement of the Court and the sentence imposed on him.
In a notice of appeal signed by Mr. Tsikata himself, he contended that the trial Judge erred in law by deciding that financial loss had been caused simply because payment of money had been made by GNPC.

Source: Citifm
Nana Akyea Mensah, The Odikro. 12 years ago

OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
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Here is you second instalment:

Tsikata rejects Kufuor’s pardon, but gets out of prison
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OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
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Here is you second instalment:

Tsikata rejects Kufuor’s pardon, but gets out of prison
Page last updated at Monday, January 12, 2009 10:10 AM // Leave Your Comment
Tsatsu Tsikata

Tsatsu Tsikata

Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), who was unconditionally pardoned by former President J.A. Kufuor on his last day in office, has rejected the pardon and insisted that he will continue to pursue justice in the court of law.

Describing the gesture of the former President as “the height of hypocrisy”, Mr Tsikata said, “I have never sought, and I do not need your pretence of mercy. Justice is my quest and I will pursue this quest in accordance with the constitution and laws of Ghana.”

In a two-page hand-written note to the ex-President, dated January 6, 2009, Tsatsu wrote, “Your apparent exercise of the presidential prerogative of mercy in respect of a conviction and imprisonment which you were the prime mover of, is the height of hypocrisy.”

According to him, an official of the Prisons Headquarters came to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital earlier on January 6, 2009 to inform him that he had a warrant under the hand of the ex-President granting him a pardon, and added that he was not allowed a copy of the document.

“The desecration of justice that was perpetrated against me in the Fast Track High Court on June 8, 2008 was at your instance, initiated in 2001 with your first Attorney-General, Nana Akufo-Addo. Nothing can divert attention from the responsibilities of the judges before whom my appeal and other legal processes are currently pending concerning my case.

“Indeed, your action in these final hours of your administration improperly interferes with these judicial processes and is clearly in bad faith. Your participation, indeed, your leading role in desecrating justice, not only in relation to me, but in many other cases, are part of your legacy as President of Ghana,” he said.

Mr Tsikata said he was convinced that those bad examples would not endure as part of the country’s future, quoting Psalm 94 verses 15, which prophetically says that “Justice will again be found in the courts, and all righteous people will support it.”

All efforts by the Daily Graphic to get Mr Tsikata failed, but his elder brother, Mr Fui Tsikata, said that Tsatsu’s appeal was going to be pursued to clear his name, whether there was a pardon or no pardon.

Asked whether the rejection of the pardon meant Tsatsu was still going to be in prison, Mr Fui Tsikata responded in the negative and stated that his brother would have to be out of prison, because he was there for no apparent offence.

Tsatsu Tsikata was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on June 18, 2008, by an Accra Fast Track High Court for causing financial loss to the state through a loan that the GNPC guaranteed for Valley Farms, a private cocoa-growing company.

He was found guilty on three counts of wilfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state and another count of misapplying public property.

His trial started in 2002 and travelled back and forth the court ladder until his sentence, which generated a lot of controversy.

Valley Farms contracted the loan from Caisse Francaise de Developement in 1991, but defaulted in the payment and the GNPC, which acted as the guarantor, was compelled to pay it in 1996.

Tsikata, who had maintained his innocence throughout the six-year trial, has appealed against his conviction.

He was among more than 500 people, including high-profile personalities who had served various prison terms for causing financial loss to the state, who were pardoned.

A statement signed by a Deputy Minister of information, Mr Frank Agyekum, and issued in Accra, said the President granted the free, absolute and unconditional pardon under his prerogative of mercy as enshrined in Article 72 of the Constitution.

Mr Tsikata, who had been on admission at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has been discharged.

Other persons who have been granted free, absolute and unconditional pardon, although they had completed their various terms of prison sentence are Mr Kwame Peprah, a former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning; Mr Akenteng Appiah-Menka, who served a prison term in 1986 for causing financial loss to the state, as well as Mallam Issah, a former Minister of Youth and Sports, who also served a prison term under the Kufuor administration.

Other personalities who had served various prison terms for causing financial loss to the state and had been pardoned included Mr Dan Abodakpi, a former Minister of Trade and Industry; Mr Ibrahim Adam, a former Minister of Food and Agriculture; Dr George SipahYankey, a former Director at the Ministry of Finance, all under the NDC administration.

First time offenders who had served more than half of their, prison terms, nursing mothers, prisoners above 70 years of age, seriously ill prisoners and persons serving at the President’s pleasure were also affected.

However, those who had been convicted for murder and had served at least 10 years, have shown remorse and are well-behaved would have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment and a definite ten of 20 years, with effect from the day of amnesty.

Source: Daily Graphic
- See more at: /www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2009/01/12/tsikata-rejects-kufuors-pardon-but-gets-out-of-prison/#sthash.E7l9Qwoh.dpuf
bob 12 years ago

Ghanaians are not surprised at ur vehemence and "anger".

Ghanaians are not surprised at ur vehemence and "anger".

Left Critic 12 years ago

Yet more rancid garbage from the half-literate fool.

Yet more rancid garbage from the half-literate fool.
Koo Okonjo 12 years ago

Okoampa-Ahoofe, if you really teach a tertiary institution as you claim, you must try at least to research your facts before you rush your articles to the media.

You are presenting a very poor and utterly disgusting pictur ...
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Okoampa-Ahoofe, if you really teach a tertiary institution as you claim, you must try at least to research your facts before you rush your articles to the media.

You are presenting a very poor and utterly disgusting picture of yourself on this forum. I wonder what your peers would say about you when they chance on your pieces many of which compromise facts and logic
Whatever 12 years ago

To criticize or not to criticize a judge. Akoampa can't make up his mind. You criticize a judge last week and then comes back today to defame and criticize Tsatsu for criticizng a judge. What's going on in your mind?

To criticize or not to criticize a judge. Akoampa can't make up his mind. You criticize a judge last week and then comes back today to defame and criticize Tsatsu for criticizng a judge. What's going on in your mind?
Samuel Commey 12 years ago

"You criticize a judge last week and then comes back today to defame and criticize Tsatsu for criticizng a judge. What's going on in your mind?"

He is a confused and a disgraceful ethnocentric sycophant.

"You criticize a judge last week and then comes back today to defame and criticize Tsatsu for criticizng a judge. What's going on in your mind?"

He is a confused and a disgraceful ethnocentric sycophant.
Ekuma 12 years ago

Okoampa the TRUMUIST , who has doctored inTRUMULOGY days wetin.

Mahama is President, so get that clear in ur mind and stop the stupid jealousy and envy.

Okoampa the TRUMUIST , who has doctored inTRUMULOGY days wetin.

Mahama is President, so get that clear in ur mind and stop the stupid jealousy and envy.

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