The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, to step aside for investigations to begin into allegations that he demanded bribe for the verdict of a Supreme Court case to go in favour of the giver.
The allegations were made by renowned lawyer Akwasi Afrifa Esquire against Nana Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI, who had petitioned the General Legal Council (GLC) over the conduct of the former.
The Chief Justice’s name came up in the response to the petition by lawyer Afrifa.
A “saddened” Justice Anin-Yeboah on Monday, July 12 denied the allegations and requested the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the matter for further action to be taken.
The request to the CID, contained in a letter signed by Judicial Secretary Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo, also indicated that the Disciplinary Committee of the GLC has been petitioned to look into same.
But addressing journalists in Accra on Tuesday, July 13, General Secretary of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia stressed that recent history of the CID makes it incompetent to handle an investigation involving a high-profile person like Justice Anin-Yeboah.
“In this regard, and without taking sides or commenting on the merit or otherwise of the said allegations of bribery against the Chief Justice, we believe that an investigation by the Police CID would be woefully inadequate to assure the Ghanaian public that a thorough inquiry has been conducted into the matter,” Mr Asiedu Nketia said.
“We are of the considered view that the recent history of the Police CID with respect to investigations into allegations against high-ranking officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government would not afford the sort of confidence that must be engendered in an investigation such as this considering the elevated position of the person against whom these allegations have been made.”
More to follow. . .
By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana
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