Justice Atuguba is acting like he wants to be Mahama’s running mate – Allotey Jacobs

A former Central Region Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has questioned the motive behind the recent comments by Justice William Atuguba.

He said the former Chief Justice’s outburst on some of the rulings of the Supreme Court recently looks like he is lobbying to partner John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 general elections.

“He carved a niche for himself and now that you have gone on retirement, you are wading back into controversy.

As a former Supreme Court judge, I expect that behind closed doors you and your colleague members also on retirement can meet, I don’t know whether they have an association or organisation where he can point out that this was not done right and that it should have been done another way.

But now that he has come out, I am compelled to ask if he wants to be a running mate to the leading opposition flagbearer, Allotey asked.

He continued: “Because now it looks like people are outdoing each other in order to be chosen by the flagbearer as his running mate. This is very controversial. You don’t come out to make these statements.

You can make it at a lecture to some students so that it becomes speculative but not to come out straight on the issue. So I am worried of the things coming from the academia of late.

People we respect in this country, people we hold higher in this country are becoming serial callers,” he stated during a discussion on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo.

Justice Atuguba on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, delivered a public lecture at the University of Ghana where he raised critical concerns about the government, judicial service and justice delivery.

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