Justice Appau, At Which War Did the Yaa-Naa Die?

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Drop out USA. 10 years ago

Kofi Ata, Yes he should be confirmed.
With all you long writing your article is not educative at all but rather misleading.

Kofi Ata, Yes he should be confirmed.
With all you long writing your article is not educative at all but rather misleading.
Ferdie 10 years ago

U either did not read the article or u are too daft to appreciate the issues raised. Kofi tried to meticulously draw a distinction between war and conflict. he provided insight to the fact that even if the ya Naa died in war, ...
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U either did not read the article or u are too daft to appreciate the issues raised. Kofi tried to meticulously draw a distinction between war and conflict. he provided insight to the fact that even if the ya Naa died in war, the mutilation of his body amounted to war crime. How is this beautiful and straight forward write up mislead anybody Mr drop out?
kponyo 10 years ago

Ferdie your written English stinks as bad your logic and you had better do something about it instead dabbling in matters that are beyond your reach.

As far as I am concerned, Kofi Ata just exhibited himself as just anot ...
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Ferdie your written English stinks as bad your logic and you had better do something about it instead dabbling in matters that are beyond your reach.

As far as I am concerned, Kofi Ata just exhibited himself as just another sickening example of the (mis)educated African.

This article appeared to have been put together only as a show-off piece to either prove that he Kofi Ata knows a smattering of law or that he, sitting out there in the racist confines of Cambridge, by that assumed reference of superiority, knows more than the said Justice Appau who is a proud Ghanaian living and working in Ghana for the betterment of Ghana.

Kofi Ata can in no way, therefore arrogantly assume to be more qualified to comment on pertinent local issues of which he is not privy to the grey areas and details of. We do not know of Kofi Ata’s pedigree in matters of local jurisprudence but we know and can vouch for those of Justice Appau.

Reading about an issue from afar - and from a mere newspaper article, probably reported by a junior journalist and ‘conveniently’ edited by another presumably senior journalist, may have its drawbacks, distortions and loopholes. To stand on this premise to make judgemental criticism of the subject matter, as Kofi Ata did, is the prime mark of an illiterate mind.

Anybody who insolently assumes that a judge who has had a long experience on the bench and has risen to the Supreme Court through many years of hard work and practice can cursorily overlook sensitive details of such a case and thereby risk his integrity and reputation, is himself suffering from some kind delinquent impetuosity.

I admit that I myself do not know zilch about imperialist law but common-sense tells me when a war is a war in the Ghanaian setting and besides, every kind of war all over the world does not have to conform to what English people or imperialist English law determines or interprets to be a war.

If you disoriented Africans out there in the UK know what a war crime is, what have you done about Tony Blair’s role in the Iraq war for starters? What happened to the same English law that supervised slavery, colonialism and the uncountable instances of genocide, theft of natural resources and tyranny that went with it for many hundreds of years?

Why dont you house-niggers out there just shut up and stand up against the rampant racism that you suffer from daily without having the guts to do anything about?
Loway 10 years ago

Go back to school

Go back to school
Loway 10 years ago

Go back to school

Go back to school
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 10 years ago

I can see the flaws in the speech made by this so called Justice Apau. This is pure incompetence.

I can see the flaws in the speech made by this so called Justice Apau. This is pure incompetence.
Faruk 10 years ago

How can a palace be attacked for three days and there was not government intervention until the King was killed?Simply the government kill him.

How can a palace be attacked for three days and there was not government intervention until the King was killed?Simply the government kill him.
back door director 10 years ago

Good write up

Good write up
Nana Yaw 10 years ago

Would he call it a war if armed machomen waged violent and deadly confrontations at the palace of his hometown chief? What kind of nonsense is that? Yana was killed by pro NPP dagomba criminals!!!

Would he call it a war if armed machomen waged violent and deadly confrontations at the palace of his hometown chief? What kind of nonsense is that? Yana was killed by pro NPP dagomba criminals!!!
kofi 10 years ago

I think the justice went overboard in answering that question. If the prosecution fails to convince the jury /judge, there is very little one can do.
In Ya - NAA murder, the commander in chief of the ghana armed forces faile ...
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I think the justice went overboard in answering that question. If the prosecution fails to convince the jury /judge, there is very little one can do.
In Ya - NAA murder, the commander in chief of the ghana armed forces failed deliberately to use the vastly superior force at his disposal to prevent mass murder. His attorney general also willfully failed to put a convincing argument in court, just like judgement debt cases.

Atom 10 years ago

The commander-in-chief was a certan John Agyekum Diawuor Kofi Kufuor. They were thick in the plot.

The commander-in-chief was a certan John Agyekum Diawuor Kofi Kufuor. They were thick in the plot.
tolon 10 years ago

the andanis should accept defeat and lets as move on.kofi where were you when the trial was going on.Idiot

the andanis should accept defeat and lets as move on.kofi where were you when the trial was going on.Idiot
Atom 10 years ago

Calling someone idiot because he just said his opinion tells a volume of your intelligence. At least, you should be thinking of going back to school to learn to write.

Calling someone idiot because he just said his opinion tells a volume of your intelligence. At least, you should be thinking of going back to school to learn to write.
waribogu 10 years ago

Abudus know they cant withstand Andanis in any war for an hour. If Abudus are men, they should try anything silly now. We the Andanis will not use NDC as cover to perpetuate criminal acts as they did with the support of NAN ...
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Abudus know they cant withstand Andanis in any war for an hour. If Abudus are men, they should try anything silly now. We the Andanis will not use NDC as cover to perpetuate criminal acts as they did with the support of NANA ADDO as Attorney general and his hack-man Malik as the interior minister. The truth is that, Abudus used NPP to carry out the crime thinking that it would help them gain accesse to the trone. 14 years on who is the king?. Get yourselves off the way. ABUDU gate is finished. Mark my word.
Atom 10 years ago

"It is high time Ghanaian Judges are honest to themselves and the nation when they lack knowledge in some areas of law rather than pretend to know it all."

Yes, they don't know zilch! They are lazy, uninspiring, lethargic ...
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"It is high time Ghanaian Judges are honest to themselves and the nation when they lack knowledge in some areas of law rather than pretend to know it all."

Yes, they don't know zilch! They are lazy, uninspiring, lethargic and too often very stupid and would never admit the fact that they're handicap in the field they project to know so much about.

He should have asked Hackman Owusu for the video of the events leading to the death of the Dagbon overlord.

Prior to NPP winning their first presidential elections, they promised power takeover from the Ya Naa. This explained the plot and how the security lied to everyone nothing was happening in Yendi when the telephone lines were cut and the roads blocked, preventing anyone from going there until the death of the Ya Naa.

Further, it also explained why certain people danced in public with the bones of the Ya Naa and overtly said NO ONE could touch them otherwise, others would fall. This explains why those who really killed the Ya Naa would never be jailed. NPP would crumble like a pack of cards; it will take down everyone.
BUA 10 years ago

The government planned and executed the war under the supervision of the police and army. That is how they knew it was a war. Three days in the 21st century, in a civilized state, on the blind side of the government? Ridiculo ...
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The government planned and executed the war under the supervision of the police and army. That is how they knew it was a war. Three days in the 21st century, in a civilized state, on the blind side of the government? Ridiculous tragedy. It is still going on against his family. Those who have eyes let them see.
BULLET 10 years ago

IN WAR PEOPLE MUST DIE..

IN WAR PEOPLE MUST DIE..
Yokuligu lan bia 10 years ago

Are you surprised at the judge exposure of his own ignorance on the subject matter?. This judge goes about boasting about his handling of the Ya Naa case any time he gets the list opportunity. Even in drinking bars he is alwa ...
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Are you surprised at the judge exposure of his own ignorance on the subject matter?. This judge goes about boasting about his handling of the Ya Naa case any time he gets the list opportunity. Even in drinking bars he is always boasting about it as if it is the highest case he ever presided over.The sad part of it is that, any time he explain why he left the criminal off the hook one wonder whether he is really a judge. The last time i encountered him in a drinking bar after he got toasted small , he started discussing the Ya Naa case and mentioned that the whole incident was orchestrated by the then opposition NDC to disgrace the NPP which he (Apaw) will not allowed to happen. He further disclosed that he was a UP person but always mistaken as an NDC because of his former cadre status.

The truth is that he dealt with the case with a political lens. This explained why he has never made sense any time he explained why he discharged the criminals.He himself is a criminal judge.
Bill 10 years ago

Some of us well understood what Justice APAU's meant by "WAR"
Your long write up on war is uncalled for. Justice APAU's was not presenting a paper on war. We must stop these insults.

Some of us well understood what Justice APAU's meant by "WAR"
Your long write up on war is uncalled for. Justice APAU's was not presenting a paper on war. We must stop these insults.
ERIC ANSAH 10 years ago

why all this .

why all this .

Shamo 10 years ago

I appreciate the intellectual and factual discourse of Kofi Ata, good write-up. Justice Apau's response of "Yaa-Naa died in war" is completely misleading and deficient in legal knowledge. In fact the supreme court nominee can ...
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I appreciate the intellectual and factual discourse of Kofi Ata, good write-up. Justice Apau's response of "Yaa-Naa died in war" is completely misleading and deficient in legal knowledge. In fact the supreme court nominee can not dispense justice correctly if his definitions of issues can not stand the test of time. I pity him for his legal knowledge deficiency.
Loway 10 years ago

Thank you,Ghanaians know Bank

Thank you,Ghanaians know Bank
jk 10 years ago

Some learned judge Ineed. Some of these so called legal people always deceive pole into thinking that they know everything in the world, but since Osage for was removed from the seat what has been our level of deVT, .All is ...
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Some learned judge Ineed. Some of these so called legal people always deceive pole into thinking that they know everything in the world, but since Osage for was removed from the seat what has been our level of deVT, .All is vanity,
TAMBRO 10 years ago

WHERE WERE THE POLICE AND SOLDIERS DURING THE FIGHTING WHICH LASTED FOR THREE GOOD DAYS?

WHERE WERE THE POLICE AND SOLDIERS DURING THE FIGHTING WHICH LASTED FOR THREE GOOD DAYS?
Dagbana 10 years ago

This is one of the most dishonest justices we have in Ghana.They seat on murder cases and sweep all facts under the carpet. In fact, per Yaa- Naa's case, this dishonest man does not deserve this elevation to the supreme court ...
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This is one of the most dishonest justices we have in Ghana.They seat on murder cases and sweep all facts under the carpet. In fact, per Yaa- Naa's case, this dishonest man does not deserve this elevation to the supreme court of Ghana. He, is a disgrace to this same profession.
Abdul 10 years ago

Kofi thanks for the piece clarity and honesty, even we being laymen knew Appau was either rookie or didn't just know what he was talking about, even in war there are rules of it, these guys just sit on this Ghanaian panel wit ...
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Kofi thanks for the piece clarity and honesty, even we being laymen knew Appau was either rookie or didn't just know what he was talking about, even in war there are rules of it, these guys just sit on this Ghanaian panel with some white suck covering their heads, pollute the whole nation without no body challenging them, and simply get away with it.
Abdul 10 years ago

Yes, and they still call him a justice with this limited knowledge of his, in fact this what we go through in Ghana always.

Yes, and they still call him a justice with this limited knowledge of his, in fact this what we go through in Ghana always.
Whatever 10 years ago

He may not be conversant with the English language hence the misnomer coming from him. Its a bad misnomer which has led to a wrong acquittal but what can one do?

He may not be conversant with the English language hence the misnomer coming from him. Its a bad misnomer which has led to a wrong acquittal but what can one do?
Peace 10 years ago

I respect your analysis. You an educator. Very well written with facts.

I respect your analysis. You an educator. Very well written with facts.
Okuampah 10 years ago

Every evidence presented in court during the 2012 election petition indicated NPP won the election but the judge said ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POLLS, RIDICULOUS! Yes the NPP won the elections at the polls but the incumbent wi ...
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Every evidence presented in court during the 2012 election petition indicated NPP won the election but the judge said ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POLLS, RIDICULOUS! Yes the NPP won the elections at the polls but the incumbent will not agree that is why the Supreme must adjudicate.

The learned judge says Yaa Naa died at war so lets leave it at that.

Banza Yaro 10 years ago

When it comes to the Abudus and Andanis, please tread lightly or you'll be seen as supporting one section against the other. When it comes to war, there are varying kinds. We have silent wars, cold wars, friendly wars and th ...
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When it comes to the Abudus and Andanis, please tread lightly or you'll be seen as supporting one section against the other. When it comes to war, there are varying kinds. We have silent wars, cold wars, friendly wars and the most vivid and terrible of all, is the armed and actual combat war which most of us define as, and call a real WAR. Before you castrate Justice Appau, please ask him what he meant when he used the word war.

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